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08/04/2016
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One in five Brazilian consumes five sweet or more times per week. The biggest problem among young people, reveals study by the Ministry of Health: 28.5% of people between 18 and 24 years consume these products regularly. "We are exposing this population to a significant risk for diabetes," said the director of Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza.
In the survey, coordinated by the Ministry of Health in the country capitals and the Federal District, 7.4% of respondents reported having physician-diagnosed diabetes. The percentage is higher than the 5.5% identified by the same study in 2006, when the survey was first conducted.
The work indicates that diabetes is more common among women and becomes more common with increasing age. "Of course this is not a destination. Several strategies can be adopted to try to prevent this outcome," said Maria de Fatima.
Source: ISTOÉ
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