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Study draws attention to increasing prevalence of diabetes in Jordan
By Sarah Abu Zaid - Feb 11,2021 - Last updated at Feb 11,2021
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AMMAN As a study warns that one out of five Jordanians will be diabetic by the year 2050, nutritionists agree that a healthy lifestyle can prevent and even reverse the progress of the disease.
According to findings published in Scientific Reports by the Nature journal, Jordan is expected to see increasing rates of diabetes over the next 30 years, stalling the already overburdened healthcare system.
The study, titled “Characterising the type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemic in Jordan up to 2050”, is the result of a collaboration between the National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics in Jordan, the Jordan University of Science and Technology, and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) in Qatar.
Published date: 14 January 2021 12:32 UTC | Last update: 2 months 1 week ago
Displaced people around Syria are coming to grips with reports about their properties being auctioned off by the government, with many feeling powerless and unable to confront the land theft from cramped tents, far away from home.
“Our lands, which we have spent our lives cultivating and repairing, are now being stolen, but we cannot do anything,” said Abu Rayyan al-Hamwe, a displaced civilian from al-Tamanah town in rural Hama. Our lands, which we have spent our lives cultivating and repairing, are now being stolen, but we cannot do anything
- Abu Rayyan al-Hamwe, displaced Syrian