Type 2 diabetes is occurring in growing numbers in New Zealand. 280,000 New
Zealanders have diabetes and 500,000 New Zealanders are at risk of developing
diabetes.
Poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes can lead to potentially devastating
complications that are expensive to treat.
In its early stages, Type 2 diabetes may cause little in the way of symptoms, and this often leads to it not being taken seriously to begin with, even though self-management education programmes are available in most areas for the newly-diagnosed.
Type 2 Diabetes is also known to be a progressive condition, meaning that management is intensified over time with the addition of more medication and often supplementary insulin.
However,
