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Diabetes, a silent killer in the vast list of innumerable diseases especially associated with the urban population and the third leading risk factor for premature mortality after high blood pressure and tobacco use, is preventable, a top WHO official has said.
"Yes, a large proportion of diabetes is preventable," WHO India representative Dr. Henk Bekedamtold IANS.
"Rapid urbanisation, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet and increasing life expectancy are the factors for the rising prevalence of diabetes," Bekedam explained.
The disease is characterised as a condition in which the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood is high and affects around 350 million people worldwide.
According to WHO, this number is likely to double within 20 years.
India alone has an estimated 67 million people living with diabetes, of whom more than 90 percent are with type-2 diabetes.
Yet, in the face of such alarming statistics the common man can prevent the onset of diabetes
But, in the metros, where people are continuously stretched between professional and personal commitments, there is lack time to take up any physical activity, compounded by cultivating unhealthy eating habits.
Genetically Indians are prone to diabetes as they have more fat in their liver and pancreas.
422 millionAbout 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, a number likely to more than double in the next 20 years. 1.5 million In 2012, diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths. More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. 90% Type 2 accounts for around 90% of all diabetes worldwide. Reports of type 2 diabetes in children have increased worldwide. |
There are 3 forms of diabetes
People with diabetes can live long and healthy lives when their diabetes is detected and well-managed Early diagnosis and intervention is the point for living well with diabetes Diabetes ia an important cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure Type 2 can be prevented |
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