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We need to learn what 2,000 calories a day looks like to prevent diabetes | Ann Robinson

09:09 Fitness | The Guardian , Guardian Edit

Sport also needs to return in schools, playing fields repurchased, cycling made safe and walking to school to become the norm

Diabetes is threatening to bankrupt the NHS after a 60% rise in cases in the past 10 years, according to Diabetes UK . But what’s behind that headline? Is it true? And can anything be done to stem the undeniable rise in diagnosis and cost of treatment?

It’s the way we have become a nation of grazers. Schools need to teach pupils what 2,000 calories looks and feels like