Statistics concerning type 2 diabetes and amputations make grim reading. Which is why it’s time to tackle the weight-loss issue, says nutrition editor Amanda Ursell
TOMORROW MORNING, 20 people in the UK with type 2 diabetes will be waking up to face their first day minus a leg, foot or toe. The same will be true the morning after that. And so on, and so on. Indeed, amputations among those with type 2 diabetes have risen by 25% in the past eight years. And in the majority of cases, the tragedy could have been avoided.