TACKLING DIABETES IN THE UK: “Bodycraft Weight-Loss Surgery” on the risks attached Diabesity

FACTS: 

·         Around 70 – 75,000 diabetic patients die every year in the UK for which 24, 000 deaths from diabetes could be avoided

·         Risk is far greater amongst younger age groups: women between 15 – 34 yrs with diabetes were 9 times more likely to die than other women of the same age

·         About 1/3 of UK people affected do not realise they have Diabetes which could lead to fatal complications like heart and kidney failure

·         With Type 1 diabetes patients, the risk of dying is 2.6 times higher. With Type 2, the risk was 1.6 times higher

·         The dramatic increase in obesity-related Type 2 diabetes is one of the most serious global health problems

·         By 2030 there will be 26 million people in the UK who are obese

·         Obesity costs the NHS £4.3 billion a year