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Interesting, the response in the UK has been to address this by attempting to pump money into programmes to to try and prevent type 2 diabetes or at least reduc
by Angostura 9y ago
Interesting, the response in the UK has been to address this by attempting to pump money into programmes to to try and prevent type 2 diabetes or at least reduce its growth. Still too early to see how these efforts will be.
- Steve44 9y agoThere have been a few small scale trials in the UK where type II people are put on diet of around 600 to 700 calories a day for a couple of months. Indications are for about 40% of those who took part they returned to normal levels - i.e. no longer had diabetes. Anecdotal but a 50ish year old friend had Type2 and went to stay with relatives on a farm for a few months. He spent 10-12 hours a day helping out and when he came back he'd lost weight and also was no longer diabetic.
- gaius 9y agoThe NHS spends £14Bn a year on diabetes, of which £11Bn on type 2. To put that in perspective the annual budget is £125Bn.
- HarryHirsch 9y agoThe UK is the second-fattest country in Europe after Malta, and obesity (BMI > 30.0) puts you at risk for type-2 diabetes. It's a public health issue. Interestingly, the other thing that's a risk factor is lack of sleep. Huge commutes put you at risk for type-2 diabetes. Who'd have thought?
- AjithAntony 9y ago> obesity (BMI > 30.0) puts you at risk BMI>23 if you are South asian https://www.diabetes.co.uk/south-asian/ https://www.diabetes.co.uk/south-asian/
- thousandautumns 9y agoThat should be the response everywhere. The soaring cost of diabetes is largely tied to the soaring numbers of Type 2 diabetics, and the treatments are really just alleviating symptoms, and aren't actual cures. The only way to tackle the problem is to get (Type 2) diabetics to lose weight. Though this is obviously easier said than done.