US aims to fight diabetes

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US aims to fight diabetes
09/12/2004 - The US health department yesterday announced a national action plan to stem the rising tide of diabetes, providing supplement manufacturers with plenty of marketing opportunities.

The HHS is describing the initiative as a “step-by-step guide to activities and resources against a disease that affects more than 18 million Americans”.

"The most effective way to bring this problem under control is for government, business, health care providers, schools, communities and the media, as well as people with diabetes and their families to work together," said HHS secretary Tommy Thompson.

The diabetes action plan focuses on specific, attainable action steps such as reducing fat consumption, taking the stairs instead of the elevator and getting screened for diabetes.

The HHS is putting a certain emphasis on the role of the food industry, suggesting the need, for example, for healthy food in vending machines and cafeterias.

The global incidence of the risk factors that cause diabetes, collectively known as the ‘metabolic syndrome’, is soaring. The clinical conditions linked to the metabolic syndrome are obesity, type 2 diabetes, abnormal blood fats and raised blood pressure. Each of these conditions is a risk-factor for the metabolic syndrome in its own right, but if individuals have more than one of these conditions the risk is multiplied.

In most cases, development of the metabolic syndrome is caused by eating too much of the wrong kind of foods and taking too little exercise.

Further research into the impact of diet on these risk factors could however help supplement and functional food makers offer products designed to reduce risk for some of the thousands forecast to develop the disease. Read More...
US aims to fight diabetes