diabetes

A relatively inexpensive but effective assault on the twin epidemics of type 2 diabetes and heart disease could come from the emerging sustainable building industry, the Public Health Association conference was told today.

The Diabetes Nurses Specialty Section of the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation expresses great sadness on hearing of Professor Sir Don Bevan’s tragic death. Chair Mary Meendering paid tribute to him, saying “Professor Sir Don Bevan was a man who had a great passion for diabetes and worked tirelessly for many years with Diabetes New Zealand”.

A second round of District Health Board (DHB) research funding for 2009 addresses research needs in the areas of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and cancer, across nine projects.

A Christchurch based trust is working fast to raise more than $4million in the next twelve weeks to secure its purchase of a building for international diabetes research.

Physiotherapists have one message for New Zealanders: Move!

Food is central to all Pacific cultures, which is why Diabetes New Zealand is concerned about the findings of the Obesity Action Coalition report: Food Security for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand. The report says that only 46.6% of Pacific households with children stated that they could always afford to eat properly, compared to 86.1% of New Zealand European and other culture households.

“If you can’t see your feet while leaning slightly backwards upright, you will die prematurely from Type 2 diabetes,” says Professor Sir Don Beaven, eminent Christchurch diabetologist.