In Lithuania, more than 160 thousand people suffer from diabetes. If all the patients were gathered in one place, they would be the city of Klaipėda. Rasa Remeikytė-Ruibienė, a family doctor at Šeškinė Polyclinic, notes that the number of patients with diabetes continues to increase. One of the main reasons is obesity and overweight.
“Obesity reduces the body’s resistance to insulin and therefore diabetes can develop over time. In addition, body…
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In Lithuania, more than 160 thousand people suffer from diabetes. If all the patients were gathered in one place, they would be the city of Klaipėda. Rasa Remeikytė-Ruibienė, a family doctor at Šeškinė Polyclinic, notes that the number of patients with diabetes continues to increase. One of the main reasons is obesity and overweight.
“Obesity reduces the body’s resistance to insulin and therefore diabetes can develop over time. In addition, body…