Diabetes: Living the sweet life

Eating a healthy breakfast decreases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by helping to control appetite and blood sugar concentrations in both adults and children. – AFP

This year’s World Diabetes Day theme is ‘Healthy Living and Diabetes’.

World Diabetes Day, which is commemorated annually on Nov 14, was initiated in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes.