Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes is the silent killer that we ignore at our peril. New figures show it is now the fastest growing *disease in the world ? and could bankrupt the NHS within the space of 20 years.
In the UK alone the condition affects nearly four million people and costs the health service ?9.8billion annually. But that is expected to rise to ?16.9billion by 2035.
David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, says: ?Perhaps what?s even more shocking is the fact that Type 2 *diabetes is one of the few conditions that?s almost *entirely preventable.
?Just by losing those *excess pounds and exercising more you can massively reduce your risk.?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/diabetes-how-to-reduce-your-risk-822750
In the UK alone the condition affects nearly four million people and costs the health service ?9.8billion annually. But that is expected to rise to ?16.9billion by 2035.
David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, says: ?Perhaps what?s even more shocking is the fact that Type 2 *diabetes is one of the few conditions that?s almost *entirely preventable.
?Just by losing those *excess pounds and exercising more you can massively reduce your risk.?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/diabetes-how-to-reduce-your-risk-822750