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A PILOT program in Blacktown Hospital Emergency Department last year revealed 70 per cent of patients who did a blood test had a high blood sugar level.

WESTERN Sydney is in the throes of a diabetes epidemic that could be prevented with a few lifestyle changes, according to local health experts.

The new Western Sydney Diabetes Prevention Alliance has tabled a roadmap to fight diabetes in Sydney’s west as the disease threatens to devastate community health and swamp the healthcare sector.