In light of this “silent pandemic”, AstraZeneca in partnership with the Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society has established a public health campaign called Beyond Sugar and recently held a webinar to educate the Malaysian community on Nov 21.
Dr Foo added that from the thousands surveyed, one-third are already living with diabetes and their response was no better than those without diabetes, as 37% of respondents also think cutting down on sugar is enough. “The reality of diabetes complications is that two-thirds of people living with diabetes die from cardiovascular disease such as heart attack and stroke among others,” she said.
With 90% of respondents aware that diabetes can cause kidney damage, MedTweetMY vice president Dr Rafidah Abdullah, consultant in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Department of Medicine, Hospital Putrajaya, shed light on chronic kidney disease in Malaysia and diabetes.
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