Wendy Blunt
@wendyblunt.bsky.social
MPH, PhD in Health promotion | Health risk communication researcher | Type 2 diabetes prevention | Knowledge mobilization.
Interest in policy approaches to reducing risk for chronic disease. Views are my own.
Interest in policy approaches to reducing risk for chronic disease. Views are my own.
1/Toronto declares food insecurity emergency. 1 in 10 people in Toronto rely on food banks. 16.9% of Canadians report being food insecure in 2022 with biggest increase in those not living in poverty (+5.8%). 34% report being food insecure and living in poverty. shorturl.at/EeOZ8; shorturl.at/GEyEh
Canadians are facing higher levels of food insecurity - Statistics Canada
We’ve all seen prices in grocery stores lately. Wherever you live in Canada, there is no question that grocery bills are getting more expensive. From 2021 to 2022, prices for food purchased from store...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
1/Toronto declares food insecurity emergency. 1 in 10 people in Toronto rely on food banks. 16.9% of Canadians report being food insecure in 2022 with biggest increase in those not living in poverty (+5.8%). 34% report being food insecure and living in poverty. shorturl.at/EeOZ8; shorturl.at/GEyEh
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COVID, climate, bird flu, all very bad.
⚠️But DIABETES has quadrupled in 30 years!!!!⚠️
In 2022, an estimated 828 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 757–908) adults (those aged 18 years and older) had diabetes, an increase of 630 million (554–713) from 1990.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚠️But DIABETES has quadrupled in 30 years!!!!⚠️
In 2022, an estimated 828 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 757–908) adults (those aged 18 years and older) had diabetes, an increase of 630 million (554–713) from 1990.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants
In most countries, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, diabetes
treatment has not increased at all or has not increased sufficiently in comparison
with the rise in prevalence. The bu...
www.thelancet.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:30 AM
COVID, climate, bird flu, all very bad.
⚠️But DIABETES has quadrupled in 30 years!!!!⚠️
In 2022, an estimated 828 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 757–908) adults (those aged 18 years and older) had diabetes, an increase of 630 million (554–713) from 1990.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚠️But DIABETES has quadrupled in 30 years!!!!⚠️
In 2022, an estimated 828 million (95% credible interval [CrI] 757–908) adults (those aged 18 years and older) had diabetes, an increase of 630 million (554–713) from 1990.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...