Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-03-14-Speech-3-355-343"
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"en.20120314.22.3-355-343"2
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"I welcome the call on the Commission to prepare an EU-wide diabetes strategy, in the form of a Council recommendation. Diabetes is the leading cause of heart attacks and other serious illnesses and affects 32 million people between the ages of 20 and 79 in Europe. This number is expected to grow to over 16% of the total population by 2030 due to Europe’s ageing population. Every year, 325 000 deaths in the EU are attributed to diabetes, or one every two minutes. Half of all people with diabetes are not aware that they have it. An EU strategy should focus on prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research. I would point out, as the Diabetes Federation of Ireland has done, that children with diabetes require supervision to maintain their diabetes management and to remain healthy. The need for diabetes management does not end while the child is at school. Any EU-wide strategy has to take account of this fact. I welcome the fact that the EU has spent over EUR 200 million on research into diabetes and obesity since 2007. We need to continue EU diabetes research, especially to identify the risk factors for Type 1 diabetes."@en1
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