Type 2 Diabetes Stories

Most packaged foods in Kenya need health warning labels - report
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 01, 2025

In Kenya, the sale of processed packaged foods surged by 16 per cent between 2018 and 2023. Over the same period, obesity rates have tripled since 200...

Six foods you should include in your diet if you are diabetic
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Apr 05, 2025

In recent years, research has increasingly focused on how specific foods can help people living with diabetes better control their blood sugar levels.

Expert tips on how to cope with diabetic foot pain
The Conversation  |  Mar 26, 2025

It has been estimated that up to 50% of people with diabetes will develop damage to their peripheral nerves during their lifetime, and up to 50% will...

Diabetes breakthrough: Fish oil could reverse insulin resistance, new study shows
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 04, 2025

Conducted on rats that exhibited a condition similar to type 2 diabetes, characterised by high blood sugar levels and impaired insulin effectiveness,...

Diabetes crisis: Why eating after 5pm could harm glucose metabolism
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 30, 2024

Participants who consumed a significant portion of their calories after 5 pm had higher blood glucose levels during oral glucose tolerance tests, indi...

Kenya faces growing crisis of untreated diabetes cases, WHO study says
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 15, 2024

The WHO report reveals that treatment access remains stubbornly low in many developing nations.

Study links low-sugar diet in early life to reduced chronic disease risk in adulthood
Charity Kilei  |  Nov 02, 2024

The research indicates that children who were either in utero or born during periods of sugar rationing in their first 1,000 days experienced up to a...

Study: Diabetes costs Kenya's healthcare system Sh74.5 billion annually
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 18, 2024

The study points out gaps in the country's readiness to combat non-communicable diseases like diabetes.

Reducing consumption of processed foods a key strategy to combating diabetes risk -research
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 26, 2024

Diabetes is a significant contributor to blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes, and lower limb amputations.

The unending struggle of a family breadwinner living with diabetes
Charity Kilei  |  Sep 08, 2024

Despite his efforts to live healthily, the diagnosis of diabetes has profoundly altered Ombeta’s life.

Rising global meat consumption linked to increased type 2 diabetes risk- Study
Charity Kilei  |  Aug 22, 2024

To prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes, a healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding tobacco use ar...

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