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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Obesity in the UK is rising to epidemic levels, with reports suggesting that, by 2025, four out of 10 people in the UK will be obese. Rising obesity is linked with an increase in adults with type 2 diabetes.
There has been a notable rise in obesity in women of childbearing age and certain minority ethnic groups, including people of Afro-Caribbean, South Asian, Middle Eastern and Chinese origin.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has noted that there are 650,000 births in England and Wales each year, and 2-5% of pregnancies involve women with diabetes, of which 0.4% is type 2 diabetes (NICE, 2008).
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...w-about-diabetes-in-pregnancy/5036203.article
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There has been a notable rise in obesity in women of childbearing age and certain minority ethnic groups, including people of Afro-Caribbean, South Asian, Middle Eastern and Chinese origin.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has noted that there are 650,000 births in England and Wales each year, and 2-5% of pregnancies involve women with diabetes, of which 0.4% is type 2 diabetes (NICE, 2008).
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...w-about-diabetes-in-pregnancy/5036203.article
(free registration required)