Asian and Afro-Caribbean Britons have double the risk of type 2 diabetes

The researchers, led by Nish Chaturvedi, professor of clinical epidemiology at Imperial College London, found that carrying excess fat around the trunk or middle of the body in mid-life, together with increased insulin resistance, explained why South Asian, African, and Afro-Caribbean women were more at risk of developing diabetes than British European women. The NHS health check programme invites all patients aged 40-74 for a five yearly risk assessment for cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and diabetes. [...]guidance published in July by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence encouraged screening of high risk groups, including the ethnic minority groups included in the SABRE study, from the age of 25.