Sinkies Fucking Fat and Unhealthy! Asia No.1 For Diabetes! Proud boh?

SINGAPORE: A new local study on patients with type 2 diabetes across nine Asian territories showed that Singapore has the highest proportion of younger patients.

The study among 319 patients was conducted by the Asian Diabetes Foundation from 2012 to 2014, and included patients from Singapore, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The study found that three in 10 patients in Singapore had diabetes before turning 40.

Younger patients also fared poorly in terms of glucose control, hypertension and cholesterol management compared to older patients.

Hence, doctors said it is timely that a new drug called JANUMET XR was approved by the Health Sciences Authority last year to help patients with type 2 diabetes maintain their blood sugar level.

Currently, patients require multiple drugs for blood sugar control. But doctors said this new drug, which combines two powerful diabetic agents, will help to lower patients' glucose levels in one dose.

A total of 498,190 people in Singapore have type 2 diabetes and achieving glycaemic control continues to be a challenge for people with diabetes.

"Diabetes has no symptoms. Because of that people do not care - they think they are doing well,” said Dr Ben Ng, a consultant physician at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Medical Centre. “On top of that, many other lifestyle issues such as too good a diet, lack of exercise and a sedentary lifestyle all contribute to increasing weight and rate of diabetes.”

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-diabetes/1718578.html?cid=FBSG

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xpo2015 said:

Diabetes is the sickness of affluent society.

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eatshitndie said:

we are slowly witnessing the decline, demise and death of sbf members due to the irony and self-inflicted dichotomy of wealth and ill-health. health can go with wealth if only members pay heed to the wisdom provided in the retirement and healthy lifestyle threads. let's see who is still hanging around and posting in 10 years.

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Leongsam said:

I doubt if I'll last that long.

My dying wish is to see the PAP voted out of office. I would like to see sinkies going through some real suffering.

Singaporeans are undeserving of such good governance. What they deserve is a long spell of suffering under corrupt and inept leadership where property prices plunge, the SGD becomes worthless and FT depart in droves leaving sinkies to wallow in self pity, squalor and real poverty... not the "can't afford an iPhone" sort.

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Leongsam said:

This shows what an excellent job the PAP has done in creating affluence for everyone.

However Diabetes is not an inevitable outcome of affluence. All that is needed to prevent the onset is to eat healthily and get plenty of exercise.

I am extremely wealthy thanks to the PAP but because of my healthy lifestyle, my blood sugar levels are normal.

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syed putra said:

Nowadays children don't know what water taste like.

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