Petition · past parliament
Require restaurant food to be labelled with carbohydrate content for diabetics
Closed
82 signatures
What the petition asks
As a type 1 diabetic I find it extremely hard to work out exactly how much insulin I need to inject when eating fast food. Guessing my insulin means I may under or over inject insulin which has a huge affect on my glucose levels.
Unstable glucose levels can have a huge effect on diabetics.
The NHS spend over £1.5m an hour on diabetes or 10% of the NHS budget.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/cost-of-diabetes.html
1 in 16 people have diabetes in the UK which is over 4 million!
It’s a condition that is on the rise which impacts lives.
Severe Complications can occur from poor control - Heart, liver, kidney, eye and circulation problems are just a few.
The NHS spend over £1.5m an hour on diabetes or 10% of the NHS budget.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/cost-of-diabetes.html
1 in 16 people have diabetes in the UK which is over 4 million!
It’s a condition that is on the rise which impacts lives.
Severe Complications can occur from poor control - Heart, liver, kidney, eye and circulation problems are just a few.
Timeline
| 25 Oct 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Apr 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
82
Status
Closed
Opened
25 Oct 2018
Closed
25 Apr 2019
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