Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes
Commons · Question 51812 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 May 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the three main contributory factors are in the recent trends in the level of (a) Type 2 diabetes, (b) Coronary heart disease and (c) stroke.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 16 May 2025
According to the Global Burden of Disease, in 2021 the three main contributory risk factors for the burden in the United Kingdom for type 2 diabetes were high body mass index, dietary risks, and low physical activity, excluding high blood glucose. For cor...