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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
UNHEALTHY lifestyles have left the Lothians sitting on a diabetes time bomb, with one person in every ten predicted to be living with the condition within 25 years, a top consultant has warned.
It is believed that four per cent of the population ? 34,000 people ? are living with diabetes in the region.
Dr David Farquharson, NHS Lothian?s medical director, revealed that the proportion is set to rocket by 150 per cent within the next quarter century if more is not done to alter unhealthy lifestyles.
The financial burden on the health service is also set to increase, with medication for diabetics already costing between ?10 million and ?12m annually in Lothian.
Dr Farquharson, inset, said: ?The risk of diabetes is closely linked to weight and lifestyle, and we expect to see a steep increase in cases over the next 25 years.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health...tes-within-25-years-says-specialist-1-2712940
It is believed that four per cent of the population ? 34,000 people ? are living with diabetes in the region.
Dr David Farquharson, NHS Lothian?s medical director, revealed that the proportion is set to rocket by 150 per cent within the next quarter century if more is not done to alter unhealthy lifestyles.
The financial burden on the health service is also set to increase, with medication for diabetics already costing between ?10 million and ?12m annually in Lothian.
Dr Farquharson, inset, said: ?The risk of diabetes is closely linked to weight and lifestyle, and we expect to see a steep increase in cases over the next 25 years.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health...tes-within-25-years-says-specialist-1-2712940