The Minister of Health proposes a very simple prescription to prevent diabetes … and reduce its effects on infected people

Dr Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Minister of Health, presented a very easy and simple prescription to prevent diabetes, represented by healthy diet and exercise.

Dr Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Minister of Health, tweeted, via his account on the social networking site “Twitter”, saying: “To keep you safe from diabetes, God willing (or reduce its effects if you have it), be sure to eat healthy foods and practice a brisk walk for at least half an hour 5 days a week.

On the occasion of “World Diabetes Day”, the Ministry of the National Guard released today, Saturday, important statistics to protect Saudi families from the dangers of this disease, in order to preserve the future of the Kingdom and its permanent youth.

On its official Twitter account, the ministry said that according to World Sharing Organization classifications, the Kingdom ranks second among countries in the Middle East and seventh in the world in terms of the prevalence of diabetes.

She said: “An estimated 7 million people have the disease, and 3 million more have pre-diabetes,” noting that this disease has increased tenfold in the Kingdom over the past three decades and that the number of children with t1dm has passed the half-million mark for the first time. In 2015 “.

The ministry said that Saudi Arabia’s health budget in 2014 was 180 billion riyals, and nearly 25 billion was used exclusively to manage diabetes.

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