Diabetes and health awareness at Deeplish Community Centre

Diabetes event at Deeplish Community Centre

Deeplish Community Centre organised a health awareness session on diabetes as part of a community health initiative on Monday (25 June).

Over 50 people participated on the day with support coming from Living Well, Big Life Group. Basic health and blood pressure checks were conducted.

The day was organised to provide information about healthy lifestyles and professional advice on issues affecting people’s health.

Shabaz Iqbal from Big Life delivered bilingual information and advice to participants on reducing blood pressure and about the long-term effects of diabetes, and also about what can happen if health advice is ignored.

Retired local GP Dr Saeed delivered an informative speech about diabetes to all participants and answered relevant questions from members of the community.

He explained how carbohydrates, protein, salts, vitamins and water play an important role in the human body, how metabolism works and how to keep a balanced diet with daily exercise to keep people active and healthy.

He added that people over the age of 40 need to maintain regular exercise and reduce their consumption of carbohydrates, and how a balanced dietary intake can help people avoid diabetes.

Sohail Ahmad, manager at Deeplish Community Centre, said: “We are pleased to see so many people attending our health and wellbeing activities at the centre and taking an active part in finding out more about healthier lifestyles and participating in the community health event to understand diabetes and its effects.”