Northerner
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The number of people under 40 with type 2 diabetes in the UK has risen sharply in the past 20 years, research shows.
In 1991 there were about 150 cases per 100,000 people, but by 2010 it rose to 500, an increase of about 270%.
Research also shows the average age at which people get the disease is falling: the proportion of those under 40 with it has risen from 5% to 12%.
Cardiff University's Prof Craig Currie said it can now be considered common among the relatively young.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22543559
Once again the simplistic message given is that it is purely down to people's lifestyle choices and overeating, so hundreds of thousands of people who get T2 despite leading healthy lives will be made to feel guilt and shame
"If they can pay for the food, they can pay for the treatment" - what a hateful and ignorant comment 😡
In 1991 there were about 150 cases per 100,000 people, but by 2010 it rose to 500, an increase of about 270%.
Research also shows the average age at which people get the disease is falling: the proportion of those under 40 with it has risen from 5% to 12%.
Cardiff University's Prof Craig Currie said it can now be considered common among the relatively young.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22543559
Once again the simplistic message given is that it is purely down to people's lifestyle choices and overeating, so hundreds of thousands of people who get T2 despite leading healthy lives will be made to feel guilt and shame
"If they can pay for the food, they can pay for the treatment" - what a hateful and ignorant comment 😡
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