Diabetes Gradually Becoming a Global Epidemic

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According to the World Health Organisation, there has been an increasing incident of diabetes. It has now become a global epidemic killing an average of 5 million people every years, which is estimated death of one person every six seconds.
This they say is a direct result of a reduced physical activity on the people - this is a major risk factor with to-third of adolescent and one-third of adult guilty of this.

According to the South-East Asia Regional Director of WHO, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, "the number of people with diabetes is projected to increase alarmingly from 457 million in 2014 to 592 million by 2035 if we do not act now to arrest this trend".

Can this epidemic be contained?

Khetrapal said diabetes can be prevented and treated.

She went further to stress the need for governments at all levels to provide a healthier environment for a healthy living, hence the need for individuals make lifelong healthy choices for a healthier future - like increased physical activity to help curb this disease.

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