More than a billion people around the world are expected to be living with diabetes over the coming years, putting even more pressure on drugs companies to provide new treatments such as Ozempic and Wegovy PMGallagher1 reports
In the UK alone there are currently more than five million cases of diabetes. Earlier this year, Diabetes UK said the nation is in a “rapidly escalating diabetes crisis”, that 4.3 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes and an estimated 850,000 are living with the condition but have not yet been formally diagnosed.
About nine in 10 cases of diabetes in the UK are type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to being overweight or inactive. The condition causes the level of sugar in the blood to become too high. Diabetes UK has previously said that it is worried that the high numbers of people who are overweight or obese – about 64 per cent of adults in England – is translating into an increase in cases of type 2 cases. The charity said that the condition is becoming increasingly common among those under the age of 40 and more prevalent in areas where there are higher levels of deprivation.
It said the risk factors of type 2 diabetes are “multiple and complex” and include age, family history, ethnicity, as well as beingCommenting on the latest set of papers, Chris Askew, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said: “This important study underlines the sheer scale of the diabetes crisis we’re facing, both in the UK and around the world. We already know that in the UK, type 2 diabetes does not affect everyone equally.
“Your ethnicity, where you live and your income all affect your chances of getting type 2 diabetes, the care you receive and your long-term health, and these are all interlinked. The need for concerted cross-government action to address inequalities in diabetes prevalence and outcomes, as well as the underlying conditions of ill health, such as poverty and living with obesity, has never been greater or more urgent.
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