{"id":2126,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:12","slug":"diabetes-made-simple-10-facts-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/diabetes-made-simple-10-facts-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes made simple – 10 facts you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nYou may have already heard that today is World Health Day\u00a0and that the World Health Organisation (WHO) are calling for global action to halt the\u00a0rise in diabetes\u00a0and improve care for people who suffer from the disease.<\/p>\n
In a survey done earlier this year by the\u00a0International Diabetes Federation (Diabetes Atlas) , it was discovered that out of the approximate 7.5 million adult population (between 20-79 years) in the UAE, a staggering\u00a0803,000 have been diagnosed with diabetes. They also estimated that approximately\u00a0327,000 \u00a0people\u00a0are still undiagnosed. This makes one in nine adults a diabetic.\u00a0In 2014 alone, in the UAE, an estimated 1,335 deaths were due to diabetes, with 80 per cent of them under 60.<\/p>\n
So what exactly is diabetes?\u00a0You’ve probably heard the word a lot and have a general idea that it’s something to do with sugar levels, insulin and needles but still haven’t quite got your head around what it is, how to prevent it and how to treat it.<\/p>\n
Well we’ve made it easy, here are the 10 things you need to know…<\/p>\n