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"On 29 February, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety unanimously adopted my report on the new regulation on specific foods. This was an opportunity to mention one obvious fact: the 32 million EU citizens affected by diabetes must receive our full attention, but this does not necessarily require specific food standards.
However, we must establish an EU strategy to combat diabetes which is expected to increase by 16% by 2030 as a result of the obesity epidemic and the ageing of the European population. The resolution adopted this afternoon on this non-communicable disease, which is responsible for 325 000 deaths per year in Europe, is a welcome one. Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to talk about two diseases. While the risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, such as poor and unbalanced diet, obesity, lack of physical activity and alcohol consumption have been clearly identified, we still have a long way to go to do the same for Type 1 diabetes. However, there do seem to be certain common factors: genetic predisposition and early appearance and diagnosis of the disease particularly between the ages of five and 15. That is reason enough for us to continue to provide more funding for research and collect data on diabetes."@en1
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