Originally published November 4 2005
Suspected link between obesity and diabetes spurs further studies
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
British universities and scientists are continuing to explore the connections between diet, obesity and the increasing rate of diabetes, in hope of finding prevention methods or a possible cure.
Some of us might even know that there are two types of diabetes - the insulin dependent form where people need to have injections, and the other one which needs to be controlled through diet and drugs.
But what most people don't know is that diabetes can lead to blindness, strokes, leads to amputations and even death.
This is why the government in Britain has funded - through the Medical Research Council - a number of epidemiological studies which are designed to answer some basic questions.
Between the two world wars, health visitors in Hertfordshire recorded the birth weight and conditions of thousands of new born babies born in the county.
This was prompted in part by the discovery during the first world war that so many of the nations young adults were not fit for military duty.
They discovered that those who had a lower than normal weight at birth were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and diabetes.
One of the leading researchers - professor David Barker put forward a theory, that that if the mother is malnourished so the child is likely to be.
But delving deeper it has now been discovered that those babies who grew rapidly during their first year of life were more likely to develop diabetes.
The Southampton Women's Study looks at what is happening to the children in the womb and has recruited several thousand young women to take part.
The results are still being collated, but it's clear that diet and obesity are key factors.
More research into diet and activity levels are under way.
But with prediction that by the year 2030 more than 360m people around the world will be diagnosed with diabetes a condition, and the corollary complications such as heart failure, blindness, impotence and amputated limbs its no wonder why for finding a way to prevent diabetes is for policy makers a high priority.
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