Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
This Saturday, 20 July, the Beechwood Club in Fishponds, will be the venue for a Diabetes UK meeting focusing on advice for those wishing to cook healthier African and Caribbean food.
Type 2 Diabetes is up to three times more common among people of African and African-Caribbean origin than the general population. The condition occurs when the body is not making enough insulin, or when the insulin it is making is not being used properly; it normally affects people over the age of 40 but people from African and African Caribbean backgrounds have an increased risk from the age of 25. In Bristol alone there are an estimated 16,000 people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and a further 5,500 are believed to have the condition but not know it.
http://www.guide2bristol.com/news/3...o-focus-on-healthy-African-and-Caribbean-food
Type 2 Diabetes is up to three times more common among people of African and African-Caribbean origin than the general population. The condition occurs when the body is not making enough insulin, or when the insulin it is making is not being used properly; it normally affects people over the age of 40 but people from African and African Caribbean backgrounds have an increased risk from the age of 25. In Bristol alone there are an estimated 16,000 people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and a further 5,500 are believed to have the condition but not know it.
http://www.guide2bristol.com/news/3...o-focus-on-healthy-African-and-Caribbean-food