Diabetes is an epidemic Diabetes is a silent epidemic. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) 2016 data, there are estimated 422 million adults in the world living with diabetes. India is one of the worst hit countries of the world as far as diabetes is concerned. Currently there are more than 62 million Indians with diabetes and by 2025 this number will swell to 70 million. This means more than 7.1% of the adult population of India is having diabetes.
Almost 26% of India’s adult population shows glucose intolerance (inability to digest glucose from food) – Indians are particularly at risk because of their propensity for developing central obesity (fat around the abdominal region). ICMR-INDIAB is a beautiful study conducted in 15 states of India. In the community, 57,117 individuals were sampled. The overall prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes were found to be 7.3% and 10.3%…
