Daily Mail: Type 2 diabetes should be renamed 'walking
deficiency syndrome' because it is not a 'real disease', according to
one of Britain's leading medical practitioners. Sir
Muir Gray has done extensive research on how modern lifestyles such as
sitting at a desk or in a car are contributing to the risk of disease. He
claims that type 2 diabetes, which is largely preventable but costs the
NHS billions of pounds a year to treat, should be renamed because it is
caused by the 'modern environment'. Speaking
at the Oxford Literary Festival, Sir Muir said: 'Type two diabetes or
walking deficiency syndrome, I'm trying to get the name changed...read more>>>...