Poor diet, obesity and a genetic disposition have been advanced as reasons a large number of Pacific people develop Type 2 diabetes, which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, lower-limb amputation and kidney failure. This 2008 poster showing a Pacific woman on a dialysis machine sought to raise awareness of the health risks of diabetes.
Poster courtesy of Let's Beat Diabetes
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Counties Manukau District Health Board
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