Category Archives: Diabetes

NDPP – Potential game-changing programme to delay or stop onset of Type 2 diabetes

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest Blog by Louise Ansari, Director of Prevention, Diabetes UK Most readers of 2020Health will be concerned about the rising tide of diabetes – some may even have heard that there is a new push on prevention. As Diabetes Week … Continue reading →

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Diabetes rising: we can’t afford for this to happen

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Julia Manning

This graph should be a wake-up call to all governments. Whilst the minority of people (5-10% but rising) have the unpreventable (so far) Type 1 Diabetes we simply cannot afford the projections shown in this diagram to happen, which are … Continue reading →

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We need a government-backed campaign to raise awareness of risk factors of diabetes

Posted on May 9, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Guest blog post by Simon O’Neill, Director of Health Intelligence and Professional Liaison at Diabetes UK.  Diabetes is the number one health threat we face today worldwide. There are now 3.8 million people living with diabetes in the UK, with another … Continue reading →

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