WHO: Diabetes rises fourfold over last quarter-century
GENEVA (AP) -- Excessive weight, obesity, aging and population growth drove a nearly four-fold increase in worldwide cases of diabetes over the last quarter-century, affecting 422 million people in





![Ricardo Gonzales with his mother Eve Gonzales and sister Germania Gonzales, after receiving his Top Scholar Award in Criminal Justice during a special ceremony at the Missouri Valley College last week. [courtesy photo] Ricardo Gonzales with his mother Eve Gonzales and sister Germania Gonzales, after receiving his Top Scholar Award in Criminal Justice during a special ceremony at the Missouri Valley College last week. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Screen%20Shot%202016-04-19%20at%2012.36.23%20PM.png?itok=eaySQTP3)
![Family and Friends of Ricardo Gonzales (left to right) Tanielu Matautia, Salvation Lee, Caroline EJT Schuster, Justin Asaeli, Omeka Siataga, Loha Schuster, with , Ricardo Gonzales (center), after he received the Top Scholar Award in Criminal Justice from Missouri Valley College, last week. [courtesy photo] Family and Friends of Ricardo Gonzales (left to right) Tanielu Matautia, Salvation Lee, Caroline EJT Schuster, Justin Asaeli, Omeka Siataga, Loha Schuster, with , Ricardo Gonzales (center), after he received the Top Scholar Award in Criminal Justice from Missouri Valley College, last week. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Screen%20Shot%202016-04-19%20at%2012.37.18%20PM.png?itok=FMFlunt-)