Bingley people who shop in Bradford supermarkets may be targeted by Health workers to try to prevent them developing diabetes.

Dieticians working with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will also be trying to identify some of the estimated 4,000 people in the city who have the condition without realising it.

Trust dietician Jo Bird said the two main ways to reduce the risk of diabetes were eating healthily and being active.

She said: "The symptoms of diabetes - tiredness, extreme thirst and passing a lot of urine - can often be undetected or confused for other health problems. Because of this there is a huge number who are unaware they have the condition."

She said the health workers were visiting supermarkets in the inner-city, where there was a higher incidence of diabetes.

"Being at risk from diabetes does not have to mean developing the condition and we want to teach people the steps they need to take to look after themselves," she said.

"We will be offering simple advice about what food people should be buying and in what proportions."

People at a higher risk of diabetes will have one of more of the following characteristics: be aged over 40, be overweight, be inactive, be of Asian or African Carribbean origin, or have a family history of diabetes.

The dieticians will be at Food Asia in Ingleby Road, on Thursday between 3pm and 5pm and at Morrisons, Westgate, on Wednesday September, 10, between 2pm and 4pm. The final session is at Kwik Save on Barkerend Road on Tuesday, September 30, between 2pm and 4pm.