Vancouver offers free diabetes risk assessments for World Diabetes Day

The City of Vancouver will observe World Diabetes Day on Tuesday by offering free diabetes risk assessments at Vancouver community centres.
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, especially in cities, where two thirds of incidents of diabetes are reported, said the city, per a news release, adding that the need to educate the public about prevention of the disorder is “urgent”.
Seven per cent of Vancouver’s population has been diagnosed with diabetes and, left unchecked, that num