The Truth About Diabetes - a podcast by BBC World Service

Over 347 million people worldwide have diabetes, and that figure is set to rise to half a billion in the next 20 years. It is a disease that is spiralling out of control, but how did we get here and who is to blame? The BBC’s Anu Anand and a panel of experts unpick some of the major issues in the diabetes debate from ‘sin taxes’ for food companies to the role of culture and race. Plus they answers questions from listeners around the world about how to prevent and live with the illness.



Contributors:Hank Cardello - Director Obesity Solutions Initiative, The Hudson Institute

Dr. Aseem Malhotra - Cardiologist and co-founder Action on SugarDr. Gojka Roglic - WHO Diabetes Programme

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