Tag: Diabetes UK

Nearly a fifth of Brits cannot identify a single risk factor of type 2 diabetes, new research from Tesco reveals

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and Diabetes UK are urging the nation to learn about the seriousness of type 2 diabetes, after new research uncovered a worrying lack of awareness of the condition among UK adults. The survey revealed that over two thirds (68%) of those surveyed without any type of diabetes or prediabetes have not considered their risk of type 2 diabetes. Figures also showed that the biggest blockers to eating more healthily in the last 12 months are the cost of healthy eating (30%) and lack of time to prepare healthy food…

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Tesco and leading health charities urge UK Government to mandate health transparency across food industry

Stuart Mitchell

 Tesco teams up with 3 leading UK health charities to support the nation’s health. In an open letter to the Health and Social Care Secretary, Tesco and its three leading health charity partners are urging the UK Government to make healthier food sales reporting mandatory for all supermarkets and major food businesses.   At its Health Charity Partnership summit last week, Tesco Group CEO Ken Murphy met with CEOs from Cancer Research UK, British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK to discuss how they can help people lead longer, healthier lives.…

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Diabetes UK receives 5 million to build support programme for young people with type 1

Stuart Mitchell

Diabetes UK have announced  a new £5m donation on their website with the following post: We’re thrilled to announce an incredible £5 million donation from the Steve Morgan Foundation to develop a life-changing new programme to support young people across the UK aged 11-25 with type 1 diabetes. Why we need this programme Life with diabetes can be relentless, and thousands of young people with type 1 report feeling down about their condition, that they don’t feel in control, and that it’s holding them back. Many feel isolated, often having…

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We Are Undefeatable: a major new campaign to support people with long-term health conditions to be active

Stuart Mitchell

An inspiring new campaign – We Are Undefeatable – is being launched to support the one in four (15 million) people in England who live with one or more long-term health conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, arthritis and Parkinson’s. By recognising the unique barriers people with health conditions face, the campaign aims to help people build physical activity into their lives, by hearing from others who have become more active through the ups and downs of living with their condition. Individuals living with a long-term health condition are twice as likely to…

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Tesco launches Dance Beats fundraiser with three leading UK health charities

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched a major national fundraising campaign to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. With cancer, heart and circulatory diseases and diabetes accounting for more than half of all deaths in the UK, Tesco has launched Dance Beats to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK Throughout June and July, Dance Beats will bring the nation together to…

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