Bill Harvey: Dream of 100 nations

Stark figures were published last week by Diabetes UK. The charity predicts that, without significant government action, up to 5.5m people in the UK could be living with diabetes by 2030. In other words, as many as one in 10 UK adults could be suffering from the condition within a decade. Additional analysis shows that up to 17 million people in the UK (roughly one in three people) are likely to be obese and therefore have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 2030. Quite reasonably, the charity calls for a commitment from the governments of the UK to urgently invest in diabetes care and prevention.