Nigerians have been encouraged to engage more in physical exercise as a  way of curbing the progression of diabetes as the prevalence was more than 5.5 per cent  of the country’s  population. This was the consensus opinion of resource persons from different parts of the world at a three-day Diabetes Awareness Workshop with the theme, ‘Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environment and Systems (BRIDGES)’, held at Novena university, Ogume, Delta State.
The workshop was organised by the university in conjunction with the International Diabetes Foundation and Global Medical Research and Development Organisation (GMRDO). The resource persons and experts on diabetes pointed out that though the need to ensure effective management of diabetes was important, checking its spread would be far more beneficial for Nigeria as a country. One of the lead presenters at the workshop, Dr. Ezekiel Uba Nwose of the Charles Sturt  University Australia, noted, “Diabetes is one of the major problems in the world that is easily connected with metabolic syndrome that predisposes sufferers to heart diseases.
