Members of Blackburn's Asian population invited to diabetes event

2:48pm Tuesday 25th September 2012 in News

MEMBERS of Blackburn with Darwen’s Asian population are being urged to attend a health education event being run by Diabetes UK.

Working with the borough’s Clinical Commissioning Group, the charity has laid on a free event from 9am to 4.30pm tomorrow at Bangor Street Community Centre, Norwich Street.

The aim is to help find the 1,000 people who live across Blackburn with Darwen who have Type 2 diabetes and do not know it.

Type 2 diabetes is up to six times more common in people of South Asian descent and from other Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Julie Byron, Diabetes UK North West regional manager, said: “This event is open to the people of Blackburn and Darwen who have concerns about diabetes and their health.

“Research shows that if you are from an South Asian background you are at increase risk of developing Type 2 diabetes however, awareness of diabetes is particularly low within this community and some people are living with diabetes for up to 10 years without being diagnosed.

“Late diagnosis increases the risk of complications.”

Comments (3)

6:23pm Tue 25 Sep 12

woolywords says...

Overweight, with a poor diet that's high in trans-fats, leading to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes..
Could be anyone that I know, why invite just the Sub-Asian group?

I feel left out!
Overweight, with a poor diet that's high in trans-fats, leading to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes.. Could be anyone that I know, why invite just the Sub-Asian group? I feel left out! woolywords

7:29pm Tue 25 Sep 12

jack daniels says...

How do they know there's 1000 people with type 2?

It seems like such a precise figure - is there something they ain't telling us?
How do they know there's 1000 people with type 2? It seems like such a precise figure - is there something they ain't telling us? jack daniels

3:20am Wed 26 Sep 12

Benjis mum says...

woolywords wrote:
Overweight, with a poor diet that's high in trans-fats, leading to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes..
Could be anyone that I know, why invite just the Sub-Asian group?

I feel left out!
Its probably more to do with genetics than with diet as I have known some quite thin people who develoed it and I know fat people who havent.

As with other genetic disorders and diseases the more people are inbred then the more likely they are to inherit these kind of conditions.

Its hardly surprising that the Asian sub continent has a higher proportion of genetic problems as they have more children from closer relatives than most communities due to cousin marriages after cousin marriages after cousin marriages
[quote][p][bold]woolywords[/bold] wrote: Overweight, with a poor diet that's high in trans-fats, leading to the early onset of Type 2 diabetes.. Could be anyone that I know, why invite just the Sub-Asian group? I feel left out![/p][/quote]Its probably more to do with genetics than with diet as I have known some quite thin people who develoed it and I know fat people who havent. As with other genetic disorders and diseases the more people are inbred then the more likely they are to inherit these kind of conditions. Its hardly surprising that the Asian sub continent has a higher proportion of genetic problems as they have more children from closer relatives than most communities due to cousin marriages after cousin marriages after cousin marriages Benjis mum

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