English-German translations for diabetes

• Diabetes die
  Typ-II-Diabetes ist eine Wohlstandskrankheit. Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease.
  Allein in Deutschland kostet uns Diabetes jährlich 20 Milliarden Euro. In Germany alone, diabetes costs us EUR 20 billion a year.
  Bekämpfung von Diabetes bedeutet aber auch Prävention. But the fight against diabetes also involves prevention.
• Zuckerkrankheit die
• Zucker der
  Doch die Freihandels-Ideologen redeten uns ein, der europäische Zucker bewirke wirtschaftlichen Diabetes in den armen Ländern. Free trade devotees tell us, however, that European sugar has created economic diabetes among the poor countries.
  Wir essen zu viel Fett, Zucker und Salz, und das trägt zur Entstehung von Herzkrankheiten, Diabetes, einem erhöhten Krebsrisiko, Schlaganfällen, Leberkrankheiten und sogar Depressionen bei. We are eating too much fat, sugar and salt, and it is contributing to heart disease, diabetes, increased risk of cancer, strokes, liver disease and even depression.

Definition of diabetes

• A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin
• Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar

Related words

• prediabetes
• diabetes mellitus
• diabetes insipidus
• sugar diabetes
• I have diabetes
• gestational diabetes