Diabetes facts: One in 15 people in the UK have Diabetes. This includes one million people who have Type 2 but haven’t yet been diagnosed. In the UK, there is a diagnosis of diabetes every two minutes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 422 million people are living with diabetes worldwide. Between 1980 and 2016 the number of people with diabetes quadrupled. The rise is partly attributed to increases in the number of people who are overweight – including an increase in obesity – and in a lack of physical activity. Estimates show that South East

Diabetes facts as seen on The Hippocratic Post.