Diabetes sufferers have double risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19
HEALTH experts are calling for urgent action to curb diabetes as sufferers have double the risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19.
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Ahead of World Diabetes Day tomorrow, 44 world experts have published a report in the Lancet, saying there are thousands of preventable deaths daily.
Diabetes caused 4.2 million deaths globally in 2019. Around 463 million people have diabetes - including 3.9 million in the UK.
Diabetes reduces life expectancy in middle-aged people by four to 10 years and trebles the risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular and kidney disease.
Diabetes reduces life expectancy in middle-aged people
Health experts seek sustained weight loss in patients carrying an extra 2½ stone.
This can induce remission of Type-2 diabetes for up to two years.