A person in Britain is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes

"The number of people diagnosed with diabetes has soared by 50 per cent in just a year. An analysis of official figures shows at least 150,000 new cases last year - up from 100,000 in 2007. It represents one new sufferer every three minutes. The vast majority were middle-aged people with type two diabetes, which is linked to being overweight through poor diet and lack of exercise and brings an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, blindness and amputation. The toll of Britain's obesity epidemic, based on reports from GPs, was revealed by the charity Diabetes UK" - Mail Online