Monday 19 November 2012

17,000 walk to support the healthy lifestyle message



Bumper Crowds Support UAE’s Largest Public Health Awareness Event

New figures from International Diabetes Federation (November 14 2012)

  • 371 million are living with diabetes worldwide, up from 366 million a year ago

  • With just under half again – 187 million – estimated to be undiagnosed, as the symptoms of diabetes can be hard to detect

  • The UAE is ranked 11th worldwide, with 18.9% of the UAE population are living with diabetes

(For more information visit www.Diabetesuae.ae)

Abu Dhabi, UAE November 2012: A bumper crowd of more than seventeen thousand joined Walk 2012 to pace the F1 track at Yas Marina Circuit calling attention to the crucial role of regular exercise for a healthy lifestyle, and a healthy nation (November 16 2012).

Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, organised in the capital by the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC) with the support of the National Health Insurance Company – Daman, this year’s annual event took place just two days after World Diabetes Day and the news that diabetes continues to be a challenge, up by 5 million recorded cases worldwide in twelve months.

The International Diabetes Federation’s Diabetes Atlas 2012 confirms that more than 371m people are living with diabetes, up from 366m in December last year.
In the UAE, diabetes is recorded in around 19 per cent of the population, and it is possible that at least half the number again is undiagnosed. Globally, it is thought that 187m people have not yet recognised the symptoms.

The good news offer at Walk 2012 is that a 30-minute brisk walk taken every day in combination with a balance diet is all it takes to adopt a healthy lifestyle that can help prevent diabetes and its related complications.



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