Diabetes in Britain nearing a "health emergency": charity<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/diabetes-britain-nearing-health-emergency-charity-234722845.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m16kfV9mf1Gg400P9SPYHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/bf148e998e3bcc1c052f754ef511cd0c87f78490.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Diabetes is becoming a "national health emergency" in Britain with 280,000 people a year diagnosed with the disease, risking unsustainable strain on health services, charity Diabetes UK said" align="left" title="Diabetes is becoming a "national health emergency" in Britain with 280,000 people a year diagnosed with the disease, risking unsustainable strain on health services, charity Diabetes UK said" border="0" /></a>Diabetes is becoming a "national health emergency" in Britain with 280,000 people a year diagnosed with the disease, risking unsustainable strain on health services, charity Diabetes UK said on Monday. The charity said 738 people each day are told that they have type 2 diabetes, which is linked to being overweight. "This clearly shows the frightening scale of what is fast becoming a national health emergency," the charity's Chief Executive Barbara Young said, warning of a strain to health services and disastrous consequences for patients.</p><br clear="all"/>
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