Diabetes awareness
You drink it, you cook with it, and you shower with it, but do you know what’s in your water?
What is diabetes?
By 2040, it is expected that over 640 million of the world’s adult population may be living with the disease.The causes are complex, but the increase is largely due to a rapid growth in global obesity levels and physical inactivity. People with diabetes need to manage their disease to stay healthy.Although there is no cure, some forms of diabetes can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed through diet, physical activity, medication, regular screening and treatment for complications.This month we take a closer look at diabetes, highlighting the symptoms, risks, diagnosis and treatment for the disease.
The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 415 million today.
