Re ‘Reducing sugar key to reversing type two diabetes' (page 25, The Weekend Sun, July 6). Congratulations to The Weekend Sun for raising awareness of Professor Grant Schofield's co-authored report ‘On the science against sugar.'

It is clear the government needs to urgently address the growing rates of type two diabetes, and at the same time deal to all the threats to health resulting from our current population's intake of sugar.

There are currently over 10,000 people in the Bay of Plenty with type two diabetes. In most cases, type two diabetes is driven by insulin resistance, which in turn is driven by obesity, often the result of overconsumption of sugar and unhealthy fats.

Diabetes Help Tauranga, via its one day DESMOND education programme, is able to support anyone with type two diabetes to reduce insulin resistance. Contact the Diabetes INFOline on 07 571 3422 for details of this free programme.

D Cunliffe, Diabetes Help Tauranga.