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Diabetes: this disease affects 4 million French people
Diabetes: this disease affects 4 million French people – (FRANCE INFO)
This pancreatic disease affects nearly 6% of the population. Effective prevention would make it possible to curb the number of sick people.
Characterized by excess sugar in the body, diabetes East a disease that affects on the daily life of four million French people, or around 5.9% of the population. Two types of diabetes must be differentiated. Type 1 appears during childhood, it is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas is destroyedit. A Insulin intake is therefore particularly vital.
Several hundred thousand diabetics are unaware they are
Type 2 diabetes occurs later, most often due to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. On the other hand, it is more reversible: changing your lifestyle allows you to fight this disease quite effectively. The earlier the disease is detected, the more likely it is to be eradicated. Prevention is therefore essential, because in France, between 500 000 and 800,000 people are diabetic without knowing it.