He had been working as a professional since the early 80’s, but to see some of the major complications. However, in the winter of 2018 is understood by Anders Bergman that all was not right. The samples taken at the hospital confirmed his suspicions.

“ It’s a good thing that I am looking for help and when I finally did it. You never know what could happen otherwise, “ says Anders.

this is a change of lifestyle. Anders had to take days out of a month and a half, due to the high level of blood sugar. As a self-employed person hit it too hard.

“ Because my whole business is all about driving a truck was the company, still, in the meantime, I was put on sick leave. Just then, there was one major drawback to take care of everything by itself, “ says Alex. in Question is included in the on daily medication. Photo credit: David Atkins

it was blodsockervärdet is stabilized, according to the date for the resumption of the work. Today, the times does not hamper the Anders ‚ disease, so long as he is taking his medication. The daily dose consists of one injection and the pill in the morning each night.

the disease was incurred, know, Anders is still not in. Himself, he was slightly overweight, but not at an alarming level. Nor did the haunting of a family history of diabetes.

“ at the same time, I’ve been on-call and irregular work hours. During the winter, where I am also, in principle, a constant cold, which the doctors say could have contributed to the.

the actual work on the risk of developing diabetes is not clear, but according to a study published by the Karolinska Institute, in september of 2019 showed that in male professional drivers, and factory workers to run 2 to 3 times higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than college professors, engineers, and architects. The fact is that about nine per cent of the total of professional drivers are estimated to have diabetes. The women, factory workers, cleaners, and köksbiträden at the top.

Sofia Carlsson, a researcher at the institute of environmental medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, the study’s lead author. She is of the opinion that it is important for employers to take care to communicate the health risks that are associated with the profession, especially when it comes to tasks that involves a lot of sitting still.

making the intensive lifestyle program in the workplace with good results. It is, after all, is not about that, about their way of working to any great extent, but more so that they take the issue very seriously. According to the research, 30 minutes of physical activity each day, and a five-percent weight loss, and halve the risk of diabetes, “ says Sophia, a positive one.

commercial drivers may drive a maximum of four-and-a-half hours at a time.

“ In a way, it is, of course, that’s great. You need to take a break in order to be able to stay focused. But at the same time, it can provoke stress if you get stuck in a queue and seeing the time tick away.

Tachograph helps the professional to keep an eye on as it approaches the break. Photo credit: David Atkins
It is an established fact that stress, such as obesity and a sedentary lifestyle can be a contributing factor to the disease. Just storstadsstressen is an aspect that Anders ‚ experience has deteriorated over the years.

“ with More and more cars into the city, the more trafikstopp. Then it is easy to be stressed out and impatient.

it has become more to maintain a healthy kostcirkel. In the pale of truck to have installed an matlådevärmare in order to be able to avoid fast food.

“ It’s very, very easy to swing past a snabbmatrestaurang or gas station and buy some food and snacks. When you are sitting still for a long time and are starting to feel the boredom that gets you easily in the mood for something to munch on. It is no secret that many people in this profession are overweight.

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