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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The number of people across the district suffering from diabetes has jumped by 30 per cent in just four years, according to a new health report.
The condition now affects one in 20 people, but this could further soar to one in ten by 2030, health bosses have warned.
According to a report by the Director of Public Health, Dr Anita Parkin, there are now around 38,200 people with diabetes in Bradford and Airedale, 5.3 per cent of the population.
Most of them ? 85 per cent ? suffer from type two diabetes, which is linked to obesity, poor diet and stress. And more than 6,000 diabetics could be undiagnosed.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....rs_diabetes_to_soar_across_Bradford_district/
The condition now affects one in 20 people, but this could further soar to one in ten by 2030, health bosses have warned.
According to a report by the Director of Public Health, Dr Anita Parkin, there are now around 38,200 people with diabetes in Bradford and Airedale, 5.3 per cent of the population.
Most of them ? 85 per cent ? suffer from type two diabetes, which is linked to obesity, poor diet and stress. And more than 6,000 diabetics could be undiagnosed.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....rs_diabetes_to_soar_across_Bradford_district/