Transcription of DIABETES - WHO
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Chronic respiratory diseases cardiovascular diseasesdiabetescancers tobacco use physical inactivity harmful use of alcohol unhealthy diets The ProblemDiabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (a hormone that regulates blood sugar) or alter-natively, when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.
Diabetes and its complications impose signif-icant economic consequences on individuals, families, health systems and countries. • People living with diabetes and their families feel the impact of diabetes most directly, often through the expenses of income when diabetes interferes with work. 1 1 1 1 2
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