The number of patients suffering from diabetes below the age of 25 years has increased significantly. Dr Sachin Gupta informed this during a press comnference organised to spread awareness about diabetes in the State Capital on Thursday.
He said that around 15 per cent of the population in the city suffers from diabetes. The awareness campaign would be extended through street plays during Rahgiri Day. Uncontrolled diabetes leads to serious complications like high blood pressure, heart attacks, brain strokes, kidney failure and nerve damages with amputation.
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is now witnessed in age group, below 25 years which is worrying. Around one fourth of the adult population suffers from diabetes and pre diabetic condition.
Gupta said that the number of patients in the age group of 30-40 years has increased significantly in the past decade but the alarming thing is the age of number of patients in the age group of 20-30 years which has increased a lot as this group of people was among the least affected group by diabetes earlier but now the trend is changing.
The increased number of cases has been reported in the lower age group which is caused due to the sedentary lifestyle of the young population. Every 6th patient of diabetes in the world is an Indian and according to the increasing trend, the country would become diabetic capital in the next few years.
Breakfast is the most important food of the day and a healthy breakfast definitely helps in keeping diabetes at bay. Eating a healthy breakfast decreases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
A healthy breakfast can help individuals manage their weight and for people living with diabetes and keep glucose at stable levels stable. Over 70 per cent of type 2 diabetic cases can be prevented or delayed by adopting healthier lifestyles, equivalent to up to 150 million cases by the year 2035.