Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51812
Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes
Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the three main contributory factors are in the recent trends in the level of (a) Type 2 diabetes, (b) Coronary heart disease and (c) stroke.
Answer
Ashley DaltonAccording to the Global Burden of Disease, in 2021 the three main contributory risk factors for the burden in the United Kingdom for type 2 diabetes were high body mass index, dietary risks, and low physical activity, excluding high blood glucose. For cor...
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