Did You Know?

• There is more then one type of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes making up 90% of all cases.
• Being overweight or obese significantly increases risk for Type 2 diabetes.
• By the Year 2004 one in four Canadians over age 45 will have diabetes.
• Type 2 diabetes usually develops in adults but we are seeing more children with the disease.
• In Simcoe County 14 000 people 12 years of age and over have type 2 diabetes, but 1 in 3 may not know they have it.
• Insulin is not a cure for diabetes.
• Treating diabetes costs Canada's health care system about $9 Billion a year.
• Diabetes is a leading cause of death in Canada.
• Type 2 diabetes can be prevented with regular physical activity and healthy eating.
  So check out the pages below
  Get Moving
  Eat It Up