Weight gain 'a big factor'
Obesity epidemic ... huge rise in number of diabetics
Medics have linked the rise to the nation’s expanding waistlines. The most common Type 2 form of diabetes can be caused by weight gain.
Hospitalised sufferers have developed complications — putting them at risk of organ failure, blindness and death.
Diabetes UK said that 2.9million Brits have been diagnosed with the condition. A further 850,000 are unaware they have it.
Sufferers are not all obese but the high-calorie, high-sugar Western diet has been blamed for the increase in cases.
Half of all British adults are now overweight or obese — and The Sun revealed yesterday that 1.5million are classed as “super obese”.
The new stats were released in a parliamentary answer to Tory MP Chris Skidmore. He said: “They are shocking and reveal the true scale of the problem to the NHS.
“There are a number of causes, but doctors have stated obesity is a huge contributory factor.”
Diabetes is caused by the body’s inability to produce correct levels of a hormone called insulin.
This causes an imbalance of glucose sugars in the blood, and leads to nerve damage and sometimes limb amputations.
Type 1 diabetes usually emerges in childhood. It is treated with insulin injections, a pump or other medication.
Type 2 is caused by a less severe insulin deficiency. It can be caused by a person’s genetic background, metabolism or blood sugar level problems or excess weight.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/4503708/Britains-obesity-epidemic-causes-an-explosion-in-number-of-severe-diabetics.html#ixzz24VZkUzic
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