One in five Miri folk has diabetes


Senior citizens and Diabetes Association Malaysia Miri members cutting a cake with Ting (seventh from right) at the Senior Citizens and World Diabetes Day gathering.

MIRI: The latest statistics compiled by the Malaysian Diabetes Association Miri branch shows that one in every five people, especially in urban areas such as Miri, are afflicted with diabetes.

Many of them have diabetes because of bad lifestyle habits, said Piasau assemblyman Datuk Sebastian Ting.

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