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Tag Archives: diabetes
St Helena shows UK the way with fizzy drinks tax
St Helena appears to be showing Britain the way to tackle obesity, by introducing a sugar tax. A levy on high-sugar drinks was announced in the island’s budget in the very month that England’s chief medical officer warned that the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Food, Health, Legislative Council, Politics
Tagged budget, Dame Sally Davies, diabetes, fizzy drinks, Saint Helena, St Helena, sugary drinks, tax
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Children in danger from diet and poor exercise, warns medic
Young people on St Helena are being led into the grip of some of the medical world’s biggest killers, a departing doctor has warned. Dr Ahmad Risk delivered his warning after two months as a temporary “locum” medic in Jamestown … Continue reading
Posted in Health, News
Tagged diabetes, diet, Dr Ahmad Risk, food, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, Saint Helena, St Helena
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Food is the key to island life – and tackling its health crisis
A new body to promote food and healthy eating on St Helena is proposed in the island’s draft agriculture policy – even though it says food is already at the heart of island life. And it says the new organisation … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged agriculture, diabetes, economy, farming, food, health, hypertension, Saint Helena, St Helena
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My sadness and anger at diabetes crisis, by writer Doreen
One in seven people on St Helena has diabetes – one of the highest rates for the disease on the planet. The scale of the crisis moved DOREEN GATIEN, a Saint writer now living in California, to make a cry … Continue reading
Killer diabetes puts island under strain, says the Castle
A rapid rise in diabetes cases is putting putting massive pressure on St Helena’s economy – as well as wrecking lives. The island now has one of the worst rates of type 2 diabetes in the world, per head of … Continue reading
Diabetes cases soar as island struggles with cost of healthcare
One in seven people on St Helena has been diagnosed with diabetes – an increase of more than ten per cent in just two years. On 1 March 2013 there were 645 islanders being treated for the disease, which doubles … Continue reading
Cut-price foods that left island with a bulging health problem
St Helena no longer has the highest incidence of type-2 diabetes in the world, but that’s only because it’s got even worse elsewhere. Cheap imports of sweet milk and rice may have kept Saints from starvation in harder times, but now … Continue reading
Diabetes target ‘unlikely to be met’
Mixed results have been reported on efforts to tackle St Helena’s massive diabetes problem – one of the worst in the world. Health workers have succeeded in performing annual checks on registered diabetics, according to the aide memoire issued at … Continue reading
Campaign starts as smoking age rises to 18 (comment added)
Teenage smokers on St Helena will find their habit becomes illegal in public places from September 2012 – with the risk of a £500 fine if they break the new rules. At the moment, young people can legally smoke from … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Legal
Tagged diabetes, health, smoking, St Helena, Thorpe's, Tobacco Control Ordinance
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