HEALTH checks at Workers Lifestyle Group’s two Blacktown clubs predict 7.4% of participants will develop type 2 diabetes within five years.
Type 2 diabetes is largely caused by lifestyle factors and Western Sydney is a hotspot for the disease, as 15 months’ data from Blacktown Workers and Workers Sports clearly shows.
The health checks of 4,312 people showed 7.4% were likely to develop diabetes in the next five years (according to the AUSDRISK assessment tool) and 48.7% were at high risk of developing the condition later in life.
SiSU Health Stations have been available at the two clubs since December 2022 as part of the Western Sydney Changing Diabetes campaign.
SiSU Health has compiled the Workers Lifestyle Group report from results up to the end of February.
Almost 31 per cent of the health checks resulted in recommendations that people consult their GPs about high blood pressure and/or high body mass index.
