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Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

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Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images
Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images</span>As the world grapples with Covid-19, a quieter and even more ferocious pandemic ravages the globe. Type 2 diabetes rates continue to soar internationally, linked to lifestyle factors such as poor diet, excessive sugary drink consumption, being sedentary, stress and smoking. These have been so "normalised" into modern culture, that diabetes escapes attention and urgent action.
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