Hypertension & Type 2 Diabetes

  • Afro-Caribbeans in the UK are 3x more likely to have type 2 diabetes or/and hypertention

  • Hypertension & Type 2 diabetes as a result of a poor life style, poor diet & stress

  • Hypertension & Type 2 diabetes puts the black community at higher risk of dying from covid-19
     

VIDEOS

Registered Nutritionist: Simone Venner talks to us about hypertension, the dangers of salt and highlights alternatives

Dietician Catherine Rabess: talks to us about some of the myths we hear about food

lITERATURE

WHY IS RACE STILL IN THE BRITISH BLOOD PRESSURE GUIDELINES?

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IS ETHNICITY LINKED TO INCIDENCE OF OUTCOMES OF COVID-19

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COMMUNITY APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN BLACK MEN - RACE EQUALITY FOUNDATION

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RACE, FOOD ACCESS & GEOGRAPHIES OF SELF-RELIANCE

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"NOW YOU ARE EATING SLAVE FOOD!": A GENEALOGY OF FEIJOADA, RACE AND NATION

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65 BLACK FOOD EXPERTS

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Jaynaide powis-World Obesity Federation

Obesity in the black community