Strong link between diabetes and poverty
14th Nov 2006, 12:33 GMT
A report published to coincide with World Diabetes Day highlights that poorer people are more than twice as likely to suffer from diabetes than their richer counterparts. The report lists reasons for the surge of this silent killer among deprived sections of society, calling for better health care and for a reduction in social inequalities. It also points out that the problem does not stop there, but moves on to other related aspects of health such as obesity, heart diseases and hypertension.
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