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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
OVER half of people tested for diabetes during a city centre roadshow were referred to a GP.
Out of 238 people tested, 133 had a moderate to high risk of developing the disease.
Charity Diabetes UK, which held the two-day roadshow outside Primark, labelled the results frightening.
Bosses said it was estimated 5,300 people in the city had the type 2 diabetes, which can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and blindness.
The roadshow aimed to raise awareness of risks such as age factors or being overweight, or having a close relative with diabetes.
http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2...ees-majority-tested-referred-to-GP-40157.html
Out of 238 people tested, 133 had a moderate to high risk of developing the disease.
Charity Diabetes UK, which held the two-day roadshow outside Primark, labelled the results frightening.
Bosses said it was estimated 5,300 people in the city had the type 2 diabetes, which can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and blindness.
The roadshow aimed to raise awareness of risks such as age factors or being overweight, or having a close relative with diabetes.
http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2...ees-majority-tested-referred-to-GP-40157.html