Health
2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke says it’s time the dangers of sugar were treated like smoking or not wearing a seat belt – The Transcontinental
Eye surgeon Dr James Muecke hopes to see federal budget spending to tackle Australia’s type 2 diabetes epidemic.
Dr James Muecke says there has never been a national, government-led strategy to raise awareness of the health dangers of excessive sugar consumption.
Type 2 diabetes is a rotten disease, there’s no doubt about it. And it’s rotting Australia to the core.
It’s also a very expensive disease. Conservatively, type 2 diabetes is estimated to cost our health system, and the taxpayer, $20 billion every year.
If we then factor in that type 2 diabetes is a major contributor to hypertension, cancer, …
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