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Diabetes Australia is the national peak body for diabetes in Australia providing a single, powerful, collective voice for people living with diabetes, their families and carers. 

As a charitable organisation, it works in partnership with diabetes health professionals and educators, researchers and healthcare providers to minimise the impact of diabetes on the Australian community. It is also a significant ?nancial contributor towards research into better treatments for diabetes and the search for a cure. 

Diabetes Australia provides practical assistance and information to approximately 900,000 Australians diagnosed with diabetes. The World Health Organisation has declared diabetes a pandemic disease threatening to overwhelm global healthcare services, wipe out some indigenous populations and undermine economies worldwide, especially in developing countries. Diabetes is a global problem with devastating human, social and economic impact. Today more than 250 million people worldwide are living with diabetes and by 2025, this total is expected to increase to over 380 million people.  Each year another 7 million people develop diabetes. 

The good news… we have the knowledge to tackle the diabetes epidemic in Australia, and to reduce the suffering and pre-mature deaths that diabetes causes. We have the cost- effective strategies to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes related complications. 

With the increase in Australian children being diagnosed with diabetes, we at Harlequin have the joint belief that by promoting low-cost strategies that alter diet, increase physical activity and modify our lifestyles, the advance of this epidemic can be reversed. 

By championing Diabetes Australia, Harlequin’s aim is to help create vital awareness in our school tuck shops and canteens by teaching and informing our children that we can stop this epidemic by simply enjoying fun physical activity and choosing to eat tasty healthy foods.  

Its simple.  Lets start today. Lets turn diabetes around.

Sources: W.H.O & Diabetes Australia.  For more info please visit: www.diabetesaustralia.com.au