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Over a third of children in the UK leave primary school obese. They are five times more likely to be obese as an adult and increase their risk of developing type-2 diabetes.

NCDs (such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung disease, and liver disease) are responsible for at least 20,000 deaths every year in Wales - more than half of all deaths. But, as research progresses, the BHF have come to understand that many of these deaths and morbidities can be prevented.

We have teamed up with Tesco Pharmacy, Cancer Research UK and Diabetes UK to launch the 'Let's Talk' pharmacy service.

Researchers have found a gene that redirects fats to be stored in organs, which is an early sign of metabolic disease and diabetes.

BHF funded researchers researchers at the University of Oxford think they have solved the mystery of why people with diabetes have a sustained increase in their risk of having a heart attack, even when their blood sugar levels return to normal. They found that high blood sugar ‘reprogrammes’ stem cells, making the white blood cells that develop from them more inflammatory. This makes atherosclerosis (fatty plaques in the arteries) worse – atherosclerosis is a leading cause of heart attacks.

Charalambos Antoniades and his team are investigating how fat in our bodies communicates with our heart and blood vessels, leading to heart attacks and strokes

Years before developing diabetes, people with insulin resistance could be more likely to develop abnormal heart rhythms, which may put them at greater risk of sudden death, according to research we've funded and presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.

Two of the British Heart Foundations corporate partnerships have been named most admired' in the C&E Advisory’s 2025 Corporate–Non-Profit Partnerships Barometer report. The Health Charity partnership, between Tesco, Cancer Research UK, and Diabetes UK topped the report for the third year running with BHF and Sky Bet's partnership named runner up.

BHF Northern Ireland's NCD report (non-communicable diseases include heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and lung disease). NCDs are responsible for more than four out of five deaths in Northern Ireland.

RESEARCH

University of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein

People with diabetes are at increased risk of developing heart failure, where the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body. It is unknown why diabetics are prone to heart failure and which treatments can slow the progression of ...