Asia Pacific,  China,  Diabetes,  Health

‘I should eat more vegetables’: living with diabetes in rural China

Li acknowledges the link between his changing diet and his diabetes, a disease that costs him a large chunk of his income in medical bills

Li, a retired farmer who lives in Henan province in central China, has type 2 diabetes. The condition is manageable but comes with large out-of-pocket expenses, a common feature for people in China, especially those who, like Li, live in rural areas and don’t have the best insurance policies.

Li doesn’t like to complain too much, though, and says his children help him with the bills.

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