Concern: Diabetes and Rising Global Temperature
The World Health Organization estimates that of the 500 million people worldwide thought to have diabetes, 90% have type 2 diabetes and the number diagnosed with diabetes by 2020 will increase dramatically. As the review by Dr. Glen Kenny and colleagues titled “Body temperature regulation in diabetes” highlights, diabetes can impair the body’s ability to thermoregulate leading to a relative inability to adequately regulate core temperature. As they discuss in their review, this can have a profound impact on the ability of individuals with diabetes to work and play in adverse environments