Diet key to preventing diabetes

Manx diabetes team offers advice during Diabetes Prevention Week

A healthy diet and lifestyle choices are key to avoiding and managing type 2 diabetes.

That's the message from the Island's diabetes team during Diabetes Prevention Week.

There are currently around 4,500 diabetics on the Isle of Man, around 90% of which are type 2.

Dietetic Services Manager Ruth Ward is urging anyone who's concerned to seek proper advice:

You can find a link to a diabetes risk calculator on the Public Health Isle of Man Facebook page.