Woman's Hour - 11/02/2010

With Jenni Murray. More than two million people in the UK have diabetes, many more are believed to have it but are undiagnosed, and seven million people in the UK have a condition called pre-diabetes. The chef Antony Worrall Thompson is pre-diabetic and he has put together a cook book especially for those with diabetes. He joins Jenni in the studio to cook French Toast with a Crunch, to talk about his condition and to show how it can be managed by carefully choosing what you eat. Figures published by the MOD show that women serving in the armed forces are twice as likely to be treated for mental health issues as men. While this remains a tiny proportion - just seven women in every 1,000 - the information comes at a time when the MOD is reviewing the ban on women serving in close combat roles on the ground. Jenni speaks to a former soldier and discusses the issues of mental health and gender in the armed forces. During the heyday of jazz, the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington were among the most popular musicians in the world. Now jazz is increasingly being seen by young people as a difficult or elitist art form. A group of young jazz musicians are due to perform at the Southbank Centre; called Tomorrow's Warriors, they are aged from age 9 to 19 and have benefited from free music lessons and training. The aim of the group is to bring jazz music back to the Afro-Caribbean community, and to encourage girls to take part. Author Janet Skeslien Charles joins Jenni to discuss her new novel, Moonlight in Odessa, a story that delves with wit and poignancy into the world of email brides.