Media Digest - DiabetesontheNet

Weight loss surgery may not increase diabetes costs

“Unacceptable inequality” in Scotland for people with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes screening: Reduction in CVD and mortality

Changes to the rules: Prescription fines for long-term conditions

Low-calorie sweeteners raise the risk of obesity and diabetes

Diabetes gene “raises risk ten-fold”

Three cups of coffee a day keeps the diabetologist away

Action on Sugar: New campaign group to lower the amount of “hidden sugars”

The fruit, the whole fruit, and nothing but the fruit

As sweet as a nut? CVD prevention in a nut shell…

Put a lid on it: Sugary soft drinks linked to T2D incidence

When should gastric operations be offered to obese children?

Calls to stop athletes promoting junk food in adverts

Tesco to launch new “traffic light” food labelling system

Maple syrup: Worth tapping into

Diabetes quadruples risk of birth defects

Deaths from heart attacks, strokes fall 41% in 10 years

Diabetes in the UK rises 50% in five years