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Type 2 diabetes cases drastically rise in Scotland
Diabetes Scotland figures have shown that the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Scotland has increased by 40 per cent over a decade.
Cases rose from 190,772 to 267,615 between 2008 and 2018, while there are also an estimated 26,347 people living with the condition who have yet to be diagnosed.
Diabetes Scotland said the figures confirmed type 2 was now ‘an urgent public health crisis’, especially given that people with type 2 diabetes are 50 per cent more likely to die prematurely than those without the condition.
Angela Mitchell, national director, said: "Solving the crisis depends on decisive action led by both the UK and Scottish governments, supported by industry and delivered across our society. We must create healthy environments which support people to make healthy choices. This includes mandating industry to make food and drinks healthier and addressing the marketing and promotion of unhealthy foods."
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