Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The Diabetes UK?s Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow will be visiting Market Square, Nelson, tomorrow (Thursday), from 9am to 5pm. and Friday. from 9am to 4-30pm, to offer people a free Type 2 diabetes risk assessment.
An estimated 7,800 people across East Lancashire have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it and the roadshow aims to tackle this by highlighting the risk factors and encouraging the public to make lifestyle changes.
The Pendle Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow is also part of the East Lancashire Diabetes Awareness campaign in which Diabetes UK is working with the NHS to raise awareness of diabetes and ensure the 27,000 people across the region who live with diabetes are receiving the healthcare the condition requires.
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/health/free-diabetes-testing-in-nelson-1-4940110
An estimated 7,800 people across East Lancashire have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it and the roadshow aims to tackle this by highlighting the risk factors and encouraging the public to make lifestyle changes.
The Pendle Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow is also part of the East Lancashire Diabetes Awareness campaign in which Diabetes UK is working with the NHS to raise awareness of diabetes and ensure the 27,000 people across the region who live with diabetes are receiving the healthcare the condition requires.
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/health/free-diabetes-testing-in-nelson-1-4940110