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| India witnessing alarming rise in incidence of diabetes: Dr Sushil | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 3: Focusing on the need for preventive measures like maintaining healthy lifestyle, dietary preferences, physical activity, Dr. Sushil today conducted a day long camp with the residents of Village Kot in the outskirts of Jammu City highlighting the prevalence of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes which has rapidly increased over the past thirty years with consequential increase in the prevalence of microvascular and macrovascular diabetes complications. He said that diabetes is a huge and growing burden for many countries across the world. It is a serious, common, costly yet manageable disease. It is one of the leading causes of death in India and ironically India currently represents 50% of the world's diabetic burden. Often known as the diabetes capital of the world, India has been witnessing an alarming rise in incidence of diabetes. This presents a serious public health challenge to a country facing a future of high population growth and less sensitivity of people towards this problem. The severity of the problem becomes compounded when it invites array of health issues in its company. It is the leading cause of kidney failure, cardiovascular disease and peripheral vascular diseases. Diabetes is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease with nearly 60% of people with diabetes die from cardiovascular disease. |
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