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Written By: Agencies | Published : May 8, 2016 1:53 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Thakur Singh said people settled in state's remote areas are also becoming diabetic and inhabitants of the country's highest villages Hikkim and Komik in the Spiti Valley have also been diagnosed with the lifestyle disease. This isn t a new revelation as previously, the Diabetes Care Foundation statistics revealed that 13% of rural Indians suffer from diabetes which means that one in 12 people living in villages is a diabetic. Here are 7 expert tips to keep diabetes under control.
Expressing concern over the fast spreading of diabetes in rural areas also, he said it was disturbing that the state, despite being agrarian and having hilly terrain, was seeing a trend of shift of diabetes base to a younger age and women as well.
He said the diabetes was spreading rapidly and tribal areas were not an exception in reporting such cases. Did you know, 1 in 3 Indians are unaware of the fact that diabetes could lead to heart diseases? Another shocking fact about diabetes in India is that from 387 diabetics in India in 2015, the number has already rose to 415 million in 2016, according to the Diabetes Care Foundation.
Delivering his inaugural address in the two-day conference on the Himachal Pradesh Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India here, the minister said the state was committed to provide quality medicines and health services for which a number of new health institutions have been opened in the rural areas. (Read: 10 yoga poses to keep diabetes under control)
Hypertension Society of India president A. Murugunathan stressed upon the need to make the people aware of this disease. Read: 10 healthy resolutions diabetics should follow for a better life.
Source: IANS
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