LONDON: The Conservative Friends of India recently hosted a panel of experts in Manchester, along with Conservative Health and the Conservative Policy Forum to speak on Diabetes in the British South Asian Community. It spoke on the importance of properly appreciating the BMI results, and discussed whether doctors should consider screening for diabetes in South Asians from the young age of 25, due to their higher risk.
The event saw David Mowat MP, Minister for Community Health and Care as the key note speaker, along with Graham Brady MP, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee. Several factors were highlighted, including the importance of consuming a proper diet and whether priority is given to the community engagement and education. The South Asian community in Britain is supposedly 6 times more prone to contract diabetes, than other people from the general population. "I very much enjoyed the event, as well as the chance to listen to and contribute to the subject of diabetes in the South Asian community," said Mowat.
Shailesh Vara MP, Co-Chairman of Conservative Friends of India, said, "This is an extremely important topic for the South Asian community and I am pleased that members of the Government, medical experts and the public are coming together to learn, think, and explore options about how we can best deal with this disease."
Other speakers included, Dr Mahendra Patel, Board Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and CEO of the South Asian Health Foundation, Dr Winston Crasto, also from the Foundation and Dr Zubair Ahmad GP.
