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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes is developing into an epidemic and Tasmania is at the forefront of the problem, a new report warns.
Called Facing the Health of Australians , the Australian Medicines Industry report said more than 90 per cent of Australians did not consider diabetes a major health concern.
This was despite predictions that the incidence of type 2 diabetes was set to triple by 2031.
Also, more than 16,000 Tasmanians were living with type 2 diabetes.
Some 65.6 per cent of Tasmanians aged 18 and over were overweight or obese, a major precursor to type 2 diabetes.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1354334/report-warns-of-diabetes-epidemic/?cs=12
Called Facing the Health of Australians , the Australian Medicines Industry report said more than 90 per cent of Australians did not consider diabetes a major health concern.
This was despite predictions that the incidence of type 2 diabetes was set to triple by 2031.
Also, more than 16,000 Tasmanians were living with type 2 diabetes.
Some 65.6 per cent of Tasmanians aged 18 and over were overweight or obese, a major precursor to type 2 diabetes.
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1354334/report-warns-of-diabetes-epidemic/?cs=12