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The three-year-old joined hundreds of people with diabetes and their families, as well as Diabetes Australia's mascot Barnaby Bee, at Federation Square yesterday as part of the diabetes awareness rally. With an average of 275 Australians diagnosed each day, diabetes is an epidemic. But few know they have diabetes or how serious it can be. Diabetes Australia president Assoc Prof Peter Little said adults with diabetes were four times more likely to have heart disease or stroke. "If you are over 45 years and overweight and don't get checked out, the first indication that you have diabetes may be a heart attack or stroke," he said. The risks of diabetes are the subject of a graphic ad showing open-heart surgery, which begins airing on TV this week.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians who don't know they have diabetes are being urged not to ignore the potential life-threatening consequences. Diabetes Australia says many Type 2 diabetes sufferers aren't aware they are at risk of kidney damage, blindness, amputation, and are up to four times more likely to have heart disease and strokes. About 275 new cases of diabetes are reported each day in Australia. "The sad reality is that for every diagnosed case, another Australian is unaware they are living with diabetes," the group's national president, Associate Professor Peter Little, said. As part of a new advertising campaign to mark National Diabetes Week, which kicks off on Sunday, the group is calling on Australians to take the disease seriously.
ADIETICIAN will head a tour of an Altona North supermarket to promote healthy choices on the shelves, and combat the increase of diabetes in Australia.
Helen Taylor leads the tours, organised every two months by the Victorian branch of Diabetes Australia, and limits her groups to six to avoid blocking supermarket aisles.
There are many popular myths about what is good and bad food, and most people who go on the tour get a few surprises, Ms Taylor said.
People dont always think about fat as being an issue, they think if its sugar free then its okay.
They may use sugar free chocolate, for example, but normal chocolate is actually better because it is lower in saturated fat.
Our main emphasis with diabetes is looking at total fat and saturated fat in foods.
Diabetes Australia had yesterday unveiled a graphic advertising campaign in an attempt to curtail the alarming rise of diabetes in the country.
In an attempt to have a graphic Ad campaign, 'The Don't Ignore Diabetes', features the image of a heart that is being lifted out from a body. Members of the association have stated that people with diabetes four times more likely to have heart disease or stroke. Explaining that each day an average of 275 Australians are being diagnosed with diabetes and about 100, 000 new cases each day, which is now almost an epidemic, the National president of the association, Associate Professor Peter Little said that a very few seem to know if they were suffering from the condition or as to how serious it can be not taking the condition seriously.
WA football stars last week jogged off the field and into the kitchen showing off their cooking skills in a bid to help tackle the growing diabetes epidemic. West Coast Eagles Andrew Embley, Tyson Stenglein , Mark Nicoski and Jaymie Graham joined Diabetes Australia WA diabetes educators in kicking off National Diabetes Week by hosting "Cook Smart" - an interactive healthy cooking session - at Subiaco Oval. Diabetes Australia WA's CEO Liz Kerrigan Benson said with 30 West Australians newly-diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every day, it was critical more people committed to improving their lifestyle. "We're thrilled the players are helping us show people how simple it can be to cook smart, and eat smart, in a bid to keep diabetes at bay," she said
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HUNDREDS of thousands of Australians who do not know they have diabetes are being urged not to ignore the potential life-threatening consequences. Diabetes Australia says many Type 2 diabetes sufferers are not aware they are at risk of kidney damage, blindness, amputation, and are up to four times more likely to have heart disease. About 275 new cases of diabetes are reported each day in Australia, including 115 new cases every week in South Australia. "The sad reality is that for every diagnosed case, another Australian is unaware they are living with diabetes," the group's national president, Associate Professor Peter Little, said yesterday. As part of a new advertising campaign to mark National Diabetes Week, which kicked off yesterday, the group is calling on Australians to take the disease seriously.
A TINY molecule found in a plant root could be the newest weapon in the growing battle against type 2 diabetes, Australian researchers say. Chinese herbalists have long used the natural plant product berberine for medicinal purposes, including wound healing and treatment of diarrhoea. More recently it has been claimed that it lowers blood sugar levels when given to people with type 2 diabetes, a condition affecting 1.2 million Australians. Research by Chinese, Korean and Australian scientists at Sydney’s Garvan Institute has finally provided the proof that berberine works in the treatment of the disease. "This is very exciting because clearly it’s a growing problem and now we’re looking at a new weapon in our armoury in the fight against it," said Prof David James, head of the Garvan’s diabetes and obesity research program which has a key monitoring role.
CHILDREN as young as six are being diagnosed with diet-related diabetes as the disease reaches epidemic proportions in the Torres Strait islands. One in three adults in the region has diabetes and almost a third of their children are now displaying early symptoms of the disease, which can lead to kidney failure and a lifetime of ill health. During a visit to Thursday Island yesterday, federal Health Minister Tony Abbott said the figures from the area he dubbed Australia's diabetes capital depressed him, while his Queensland counterpart, Stephen Robertson said they were disturbing. About 80 per cent of Torres Strait Islanders earn less than $200 a week, leaving them unable to afford prices such as $5 for a lettuce and $9 for a broccoli stalk in places such as Thursday Island.
Australia and New Zealand's food regulator is failing to apply its own safety standards, or those of international guidelines, in assessing a new-generation GM corn for human consumption, critics say.
But Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) defends its so-far favourable assessment of the high-lysine corn, which it says is intended for animal feed and is unlikely to enter the human food chain.
The Centre for Integrated Research on Biosafety at the University of Canterbury has twice formally notified FSANZ of its concerns about the GM corn, LY038, which has been engineered to contain a bacterial gene that allows the accumulation of high levels of lysine.
"Among the types of potential hazards that this food poses are the creation of compounds that are known to be associated with important diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer's, heart disease and cancer," says centre director Associate Professor Jack Heinemann.
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