date:Jul 11, 2012
The research, based on the latest population health surveys and newly released census data, shows diabetes to be Australias fastest growing chronic disease with one person diagnosed every five minutes. At the current rate of growth, diabetes is set to almost double by 2016, at which point it will become the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia.
Nicola Stokes, the Chief Executive Officer for the Australian Diabetes Council, says government and community must act together to curb t