Diabetes And Dementia
EDM number 608 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 08/12/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health education and preventive medicine.
That this House is deeply concerned by reports that diabetes is directly linked to early onset dementia; notes that evidence from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health demonstrates that uncontrolled diabetes ages the mind by five years, hastening the onset of dementia; further notes evidence that the risk of dementia is reduced through a healthy diet, exercise and controlled blood pressure; and calls on the Government to promote education programmes addressing the link between diabetes and dementia.
This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.
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