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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The sheer scale and devastating impact of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes is often underestimated.
Around 3.2million people have Type 2 diabetes and there are 11.5million at high risk of it.
Over seven million people across the UK are living with the burden of cardiovascular disease - and every day more than 100 people will have their lives cut short by heart disease and stroke. And life expectancy for people with severe heart failure is less than that for many people with cancer.
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease are closely linked. Having Type 2 diabetes puts your heart health at even greater risk and increases your chances of a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke.
The sheer scale of both these conditions means that almost every family in the UK is touched by them in some way. That's a big issue for individuals, families and communities - and a massive challenge for the UK as a whole.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-gillespie/the-fight-against-diabete_b_6416566.html
Around 3.2million people have Type 2 diabetes and there are 11.5million at high risk of it.
Over seven million people across the UK are living with the burden of cardiovascular disease - and every day more than 100 people will have their lives cut short by heart disease and stroke. And life expectancy for people with severe heart failure is less than that for many people with cancer.
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease are closely linked. Having Type 2 diabetes puts your heart health at even greater risk and increases your chances of a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke.
The sheer scale of both these conditions means that almost every family in the UK is touched by them in some way. That's a big issue for individuals, families and communities - and a massive challenge for the UK as a whole.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/simon-gillespie/the-fight-against-diabete_b_6416566.html