26 min

The Truth About Diabetes The Food Chain

    • Food

Over 347 million people worldwide have diabetes, and that figure is set to rise to half a billion in the next 20 years. It is a disease that is spiralling out of control, but how did we get here and who is to blame? The BBC’s Anu Anand and a panel of experts unpick some of the major issues in the diabetes debate from ‘sin taxes’ for food companies to the role of culture and race. Plus they answers questions from listeners around the world about how to prevent and live with the illness.
Contributors:
Hank Cardello - Director Obesity Solutions Initiative, The Hudson Institute
Dr. Aseem Malhotra - Cardiologist and co-founder Action on Sugar
Dr. Gojka Roglic - WHO Diabetes Programme

Over 347 million people worldwide have diabetes, and that figure is set to rise to half a billion in the next 20 years. It is a disease that is spiralling out of control, but how did we get here and who is to blame? The BBC’s Anu Anand and a panel of experts unpick some of the major issues in the diabetes debate from ‘sin taxes’ for food companies to the role of culture and race. Plus they answers questions from listeners around the world about how to prevent and live with the illness.
Contributors:
Hank Cardello - Director Obesity Solutions Initiative, The Hudson Institute
Dr. Aseem Malhotra - Cardiologist and co-founder Action on Sugar
Dr. Gojka Roglic - WHO Diabetes Programme

26 min

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