Manitoba needs to do a better job of educating the public on how to prevent diabetes if it is to reverse an alarming trend.

That’s the view of Winnipeg Liberal MLA Dr. Jon Gerrard, who has just released a 56-page critique of the province’s approach to dealing with the chronic disease.

Gerrard said a co-ordinated government effort is needed to stem the climb in new cases of diabetes. The number of Manitobans with the disease has climbed to close to 100,000 from 52,874 in 1998.

“When we looked at the incidence, or the number of new cases being diagnosed, what we found is that the last three years have recorded the highest number of new cases ever,” he said.

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