PEOPLE in York and across Yorkshire and the Humber are being urged to eat healthily and be more active to help reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes during Diabetes Prevention Week.
Cally, 49, from Grimsby, has benefited from the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme - a free personalised tailored service for people at risk of type 2 diabetes. The programme provides advice on eating healthily, being more active and losing weight. A lack of exercise, poor diet and being overweight are all risk factors for developing the Type 2 diabetes.
Cally is now urging others in Yorkshire and the Humber to check whether they may be at risk of the disease and take action on improving their own health. She said: “I think this programme is marvellous. It’s a strong message, but the major problem it faces is undoing generations of dietary thinking. I’ve heard people saying it’s just another fad and arguing that the diet can’t work and that cholesterol will go up. It’s tough to undo this thinking, but I think we’ve got to start somewhere.”
You can check to see if you are at risk of type 2 diabetes at diabetes.org.uk/risk.
Diabetes Prevention Week started on Monday.
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