Thousands at risk from diabetes in Bradford and Airedale (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Diabetes UK’s Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow to visit Centenary Square
8:59am Thursday 9th June 2011 in Health News By Claire Lomax
Linda Wood, Northern and Yorkshire Regional Manager for Diabetes UK
A healthy lifestyle roadshow will visit Bradford next week to help people find out more about diabetes and discover if they are at risk of developing the disease.
Diabetes UK’s Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow will visit Centenary Square in Bradford on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am to 5pm as part of the charity’s Diabetes Week activities.
The aim is to identify some of the estimated 7,400 people in the Bradford and Airedale area who have Type 2 diabetes but are not aware they do.
If the condition is not diagnosed early enough or left untreated, it can lead to complications like stroke, heart disease, kidney failure and blindness.
Linda Wood, Northern and Yorkshire Regional Manager for Diabetes UK said: “It’s frightening that there are more than 7,400 people in the Bradford and Airedale area alone that have Type 2 diabetes but have no idea they do.”
Risk factors for Type 2 diabetes include being overweight, having a large waist, being aged over 40 (or over 25 in black and South Asian people) and having a close relative with diabetes.
Symptoms include urinating more often and especially at night, increased thirst, extreme tiredness, unexplained weight loss, genital itching or regular episodes of thrush, slow healing of cuts and wounds and blurred vision.
Diabetes UK staff will offer free risk assessment tests which predict a person’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the next ten years. If this risk is moderate to high, people will be referred to their GP. People unable to attend the roadshow can take the Diabetes UK risk score test at diabetes.org.uk/roadshow/riskscore1.
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Comments(3)
king keighley
says...
2:24pm Thu 9 Jun 11
hemmy wrote:If you've got nothing good to say don't bother. Who's funding it? They're a charity so calm down it's not you. And what's this got to do with the nanny state? You complain there's no access and then complain the program is in place. So, is this a good idea or not? I'll help you, it's a bloody good idea. Bradford has a massive type two diabetes problem, particularly amongst middle aged Asian women, so get out there and take advantage. If you catch type two diabetes early you could adjust your diet and lifelsyle and prevent major problems.
lloyds chemist is doing a free check right now at their branches. who will be funding this roadshow? typically you have to attend the roadshow or the website, meaning those with disabilities and no internet access are left on their own again. once again the nanny state puts its nose in, next thing we'll be getting laws saying you WILL eat your 5-a-day and like it.
John_Phillips IV
says...
8:29pm Thu 9 Jun 11
king keighley wrote:Well said.
hemmy wrote:If you've got nothing good to say don't bother. Who's funding it? They're a charity so calm down it's not you. And what's this got to do with the nanny state? You complain there's no access and then complain the program is in place. So, is this a good idea or not? I'll help you, it's a bloody good idea. Bradford has a massive type two diabetes problem, particularly amongst middle aged Asian women, so get out there and take advantage. If you catch type two diabetes early you could adjust your diet and lifelsyle and prevent major problems.
lloyds chemist is doing a free check right now at their branches. who will be funding this roadshow? typically you have to attend the roadshow or the website, meaning those with disabilities and no internet access are left on their own again. once again the nanny state puts its nose in, next thing we'll be getting laws saying you WILL eat your 5-a-day and like it.
hemmy says...
11:13am Thu 9 Jun 11