Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley 50,000 people now have diabetes ? around 2,000 more than last year.
Across the West Midlands the figure has increased from 365,000 to 383,000 and bosses have warned that action needs to be taken.
The rise is being fuelled by cases of type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.
The latest figures for 2012/13 show that 16,043 people in Wolverhampton have diabetes, up from 15,366 last year.
http://www.expressandstar.com/edito...-50000-living-with-diabetes-in-black-country/
Across the West Midlands the figure has increased from 365,000 to 383,000 and bosses have warned that action needs to be taken.
The rise is being fuelled by cases of type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity and unhealthy lifestyles.
The latest figures for 2012/13 show that 16,043 people in Wolverhampton have diabetes, up from 15,366 last year.
http://www.expressandstar.com/edito...-50000-living-with-diabetes-in-black-country/