Title: World Health Day: India among top 3 countries with high diabetic population | Lifestyle News,The Indian Express
Headings: World Health Day: India among top 3 countries with high diabetic population
World Health Day: India among top 3 countries with high diabetic population
Diabetes cases up to 422 million worldwide; India ranks among top 3 countries with diabetic population.

Content: It may trigger Type 2 diabetes, obesity
The findings provide estimates of worldwide diabetes trends and the larger rise in diabetes prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries than in high-income countries, and the mostly flat trends in Europe (especially in northwestern Europe),is caused by several factors. First, adiposity, which is an important risk factor for diabetes, has increased substantially more, and is now higher, in many low-income and middle-income countries than in continental Europe and high-income Asia Pacific countries, especially in women. Also see: Genetic link found between type 2 diabetes and mental disorders
Prof. Majid Ezzati, senior author from Imperial College London, said that the rates of diabetes are rising quickly in China, India and other low- and middle-income countries. As a result of rise in prevalence and population growth and ageing, the number of people with diabetes in India has risen from 11.9 million in 1980 to 64.5 million in 2014. The study includes data from 751 studies totalling 4.4 million adults in different world regions. No country saw a significant decrease in diabetes prevalence. Obesity is the important risk factor for type-2 diabetes and attempts to control rising rates have not proved successful. Diabetes will be the world’s seventh largest killer by 2030 unless intense and focused efforts are made by governments, communities and individuals,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia, adding that the theme for the World Health Day was to focus on diabetes and to scale up efforts to prevent the disease. For news updates, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & Instagram
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