The European Parliament approved on Wednesday, with a large majority, a resolution that seeksThe European Union.
This resolution, approved by the Eurocamara for 605 votes in favor, 29 votes against and 5 abstentions, seeks to share best practices and data on diabetes prevention and treatment optimization.
During the parliamentary debate, which took place on Monday, the European Health Commission.
He also recalled that diabetes meant 9 % of community health spending in 2019 and influenced the need for member states and interested parties "collaborating and working side by side to create healthy societies."
Kyriakides said that diabetes "is not just a disease but is also a dangerous multiplier," since it can aggravate other health problems and even negatively influence the evolution of patients infected with COVID-19.
However, he clarified that type 2 diabetes can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle, so it reiterated the importance of raising awareness of EU citizens of living "healthy lives."
Along these lines, the MEPs who participated in the debate highlighted the need to inform the European population about the causes that lead to diabetes and to influence their lifestyle, especially in the education of a healthier food that eliminates the productssugary, alcohol consumption and smoking.
This was influenced by the MEPs of the Renew Europe Group, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, and the Green Group, Tilly Metz.
«You have to say it clearly, type 2 diabetes is a disease of poor nutrition too sugary.The key is an education in healthy eating from the earliest age, ”insisted Trillet-Lenoir.
Tilly Metz explained that the new resolution includes three important changes: the end of discrimination of people suffering from diabetes;the promotion of innovation and transparency of the price of medicines;and the transition to a healthier and healthier environment.
For its part, the Eurodiputada of the group of the left Katerina Konecna stressed that a very broad consensus has been maintained throughout the process except in one subject: the patent rights.
He recalled that the inventor of insulin rejected patent this medication and regretted that "one hundred years after this self -disinterested gesture, colleagues on the right have that ideological blindness."
The commission, within the framework of the "Healthier Together" initiativeNon -communicable diseases, including diabetes.
