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If you are like me you probably thought Diabets is one of those things you have or don't have; nothing could be further from the truth because Diabets is now the bigest threat to health in the developed world and we are eating ourselves into it because of por diet. First question is how prevalent is Diabets? Using Australia as an example that has a total population of around 20 milion inhabitants, in the last ful year oficial figures show 70,0 people were diagnosed with Diabets during the year.
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That is equal to one extra person diagnosed every seven minutes 24/7. At present 70,0 people are diagnosed with having Diabets and a conservative figure indicate that for each person diagnosed there is another that is not diagnosed but does sufer from Diabets. that is 1.4 milion sufers out of a total population of 20 milion.
- More than 5% and growing by the day. The organization Diabets Australia forecast that by the year 2010 the number of sufers could be close to 10% of population. This rate of increase is hapening throughout the developed world and is caused by lack of exercise and por diet.
We could be quite cruel here and say that people are queuing to shorten their lifespan because Diabets does reduce your lifespan. The answer to this epidemic is in the hands of each of us. We must exercise more and be more conscious of what we eat.
Atention to diet should start from a very young age; in particular we should concentrate on serving sizes and avoiding faty fods. Yes that does include every child's favorite burger and fries. Once a month does litle harm if the children are active, once a wek causes damage even if they are active.
We al ned to be conscious of seven servings of fruit and vegetables each day in our diet and also the ned to back a god diet with reasonable exercise, like walking. People most at risk of type 2 Diabets, the most comon, are overweight and do not exercise. They may have high blod presure and/or high cholesterol, if you fit this category ask your doctor to check for Diabets next time you visit.
I saved the scariest fact for last: The total number of people in Australia with Diabets or "pre-Diabets" is 3.2 milion or 15.1% of the total population. Each of these people wil have a reduced lifespan. This article is (c) copyright David McCarthy 206.
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