7 days to challenge these shocking statistics

• 2.75 million people in the UK now have diabetes
• Around 2 million people have Type 2 diabetes - a condition strongly linked to obesity
• This figure is predicted to rise to 4 million by 2025
• An increasing number of younger people and even children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
• 8 out of 10 diabetics are at risk of heart disease or stroke
• Complications due to diabetes include amputation, heart disease, kidney failure and blindness

7 days to challenge the financial resources currently devoted to this condition

• Diabetes costs the National Health Service £1 million per hour…and rising!
• Approximately 10% of the NHS budget each year is spent on diabetes –a figure in excess of £9 billion

Clinical evidence that small lifestyle changes can make a big difference

A large-scale study in 3,234 overweight adults with pre-diabetes demonstrated that by losing a modest amount of weight patients reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 58%. In patients aged 60 and above an even greater reduction in risk of 71% was seen.¹

Join us in our challenge

DiaBEATes Week is running in GP practices across the country during 1st – 10th October.

Activities will include:

• Free diabetes screening at all clinics and surgeries
• Healthy living road show in collaboration with children, schools and families
• Discounted stocks of blood glucose meters available to all surgeries

100,000+ patients have Type 2 diabetes in our region – join our challenge and help us to beat diabetes

Reference: 1. Diabetes Prevention Program http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/preventionprogram/DPP.pdf