{"id":882665,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/882665/?format=json","text_counter":193,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Isiolo CWR, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Rehema Jaldesa","speaker":{"id":601,"legal_name":"Rehema Dida Jaldesa","slug":"rehema-dida-jaldesa"},"content":"If not controlled, diabetes has its consequences, including possibilities of heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and other scenarios that can lead to other complications. Talking of exercise, I have a personal testimony to share. When I joined this Parliament, I was overweight and when I went for a regular medical check-up, the doctor told me that I was on the borderline and that if I did not work on my weight, I was a candidate for diabetes. I had other family members who were diabetic and that forced me to take action. I can confirm, and Members, you included, can agree with me because we have had serious exercises of running. Today I can stand here and tell this House that I managed to shed off the excess weight within a span of one year and two months and attained the required weight."}