Chances are someone you know has diabetes

• Over 2 million Canadians have diabetes
• Diabetes costs BC’s health care system more than 2 million dollars a day
• It is estimated that over 250,000 British Columbians have Diabetes.
• By 2010, it's expected that 305,000 people will be living with diabetes in BC
• 90% of diabetes cases are type 2 (adult onset diabetes) which is primarily associated with lifestyle factors including diet and exercise

Risk Factors for type 2 diabetes include:

• being over 40,
• carrying excess weight,
• engage in a low level or physical activity, smoke, and / have high
  blood pressure.

Talk to your doctor and get tested if you have can answer
yes to any of the listed Risk Factors.

Complications resulting from diabetes include heart disease, kidney
disease, blindness, amputations and erectile dysfunction.