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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
BRITAIN is sleep-walking into a major diabetes crisis with millions unaware they are at risk from the life-threatening illness, experts warn today.
The health time-bomb was exposed by research showing that two-thirds of Britons are unaware that having a large waistline significantly increases the chances of developing the condition.
Diabetes UK said those with a normal body mass index but a large waist ? defined as 31.5in or more for women and 35in or more for men ? are most at risk from developing Type 2 diabetes.
Those with the condition are at increased risk of developing associated killer conditions like heart and kidney disease, strokes and blindness.
Health campaigners were prompted to speak out amid serious concern that the NHS was lurching towards ?financial meltdown? because of the ?unfolding tragedy? of diabetes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/397575/Diabetes-time-bomb-is-a-threat-to-millions
The health time-bomb was exposed by research showing that two-thirds of Britons are unaware that having a large waistline significantly increases the chances of developing the condition.
Diabetes UK said those with a normal body mass index but a large waist ? defined as 31.5in or more for women and 35in or more for men ? are most at risk from developing Type 2 diabetes.
Those with the condition are at increased risk of developing associated killer conditions like heart and kidney disease, strokes and blindness.
Health campaigners were prompted to speak out amid serious concern that the NHS was lurching towards ?financial meltdown? because of the ?unfolding tragedy? of diabetes.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/397575/Diabetes-time-bomb-is-a-threat-to-millions