Alarmed over rising diabetes cases in India, World Health Organisation (WHO) organised a diabetes prevention consultation in association with KGMU. According to America’s Health Rankings, South Carolina had the seventh-highest rate of diabetes. “We need to rethink our daily lives: to eat healthily, be physically active and avoid excessive weight gain.” told her on Wednesday. The numbers explain why the cases of diabetes are climbing worldwide. At first, the body can compensate for the insulin resistance by producing more of the hormone.
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“In 2012 alone diabetes caused 1.5 million deaths globally”.
Ben Baraka commended the fact that the World Health Day theme this year is “Beat Diabetes”, which is an important occasion to raise awareness on the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of prevention through exercising and healthy eating. It isn’t possible to cure diabetes with medication or surgery. There is no known way to prevent type one, which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin.
Mungal-Singh explained that diabetes and heart disease share very similar root causes: unhealthy lifestyles, inactivity and excess weight. The age of onset of diabetes is a critical indicator of developing complications throughout life.
Etienne said the vast majority of people with diabetes suffer from type 2, which is closely linked to obesity as well as a sedentary lifestyle.
The report, World Health Organization said, underscores the “enormous scale of the diabetes problem”.
Among strategies supported by Professor Colagiuri are the need for legislation, regulation and potentially a tax on sugar. “The result has been that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages rose by a startling 38.5 gallons per person between 1950 and 2000 (10.8 gallons per person in 1950 to 49.3 gallons per person in 2000)”. Which is an increase of 119,965 from the previous year.
“Diabetes imposes a substantial public health and socio-economic burden in the face of scarce resources”, Vaz said.
The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing in the past few decades, the World Health Organization states on its website (www.who.int). Another scary concern is diabetic retinopathy, a cause of blindness.
With one in 11 people suffering, diabetes is now the eighth biggest killer in the world, after heart disease, stroke and lung diseases.
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Once only seen in adults, diabetes has now shown an increase also in young people and children.
