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A group of health-conscious business and community leaders in Toongabbie is urging local residents to join them in the fight against type 2 diabetes.

Western Sydney Diabetes (WSD) and the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation have joined forces to take the fight against obesity and diabetes into schools with a ‘groundbreaking’ food education program.

The work of Western Sydney Diabetes (WSD) and its Alliance members was selected to be showcased at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 79th Scientific Sessions, held in San Francisco, California in 2019. The theme was, “Bridging Diabetes Research with Groundbreaking Discoveries”.
Professor Glen Maberly, director of WSD, joined approximately 15,000 diabetes specialists, educators and scientists from over 115 countries for the five-day event. The video about WSD’s work featured on ADA TV, a dedicated conference channel showcasing the latest projects from around the world on conference screens, in partner hotels and on buses to and from the conference.

New figures have heightened fears that diabetes rates are far worse in Sydney’s west than previous modelling has indicated. In less than one year’s targeted testing at a single hospital, almost 12,000 people have been identified as having diabetes or being at risk of risk of diabetes. Of the 26,000 people tested at Blacktown Hospital to the end of May, 17% had diabetes and 28% were identified as high risk of contracting the disease.

From left: Professor Glen Maberly, Diabetes NSW CEO Sturt Eastwood, WSLHD chief executive Danny O’Connor and WentWest Public Health Network CEO Walter Kmet The Western

The key to turning back the clock on diabetes in Western Sydney is reducing the weight gain of the past 20 years in the general

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A PILOT program in Blacktown Hospital Emergency Department last year revealed 70 per cent of patients who did a blood test had a high blood sugar level.