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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Today celebrates World Diabetes Day, a day of global awareness of the disease held annually. The theme for 2014 is Healthy Living and Diabetes – specifically focusing on how blood sugar levels can be controlled by eating a good breakfast.
It was set up in response to the rise of diabetes around the world, on the day marking the birthday of Frederick Banting, who along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
Introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organisation, the day is now an official United Nations day.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-diab...e-raises-awareness-lifestyle-benefits-1474720
It was set up in response to the rise of diabetes around the world, on the day marking the birthday of Frederick Banting, who along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
Introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organisation, the day is now an official United Nations day.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-diab...e-raises-awareness-lifestyle-benefits-1474720