Change lifestyle
The
Himalayan Times
16
November 2017
Change lifestyle
It is said that health is wealth
and is applicable to all the age groups of people. For this, people need to be
cautious about their health. However, more people, especially in the urban
areas, are found suffering from non-communicable diseases such as heart,
hypertension, diabetic and cancer related diseases due to change in their lifestyle.
Among them, diabetes has been more worrisome these days in Nepal. The number of
diabetic patients has increased significantly in these days as reported in
“Healthy lifestyle, balanced diet a must to prevent diabetes, say doctors”
(THT, November 14, Page2).
Diabetes is a chronic disease
that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when
the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone
that regulates blood sugar. Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney
failure, heart attacks, strokes and lower limb amputation. Surprisingly, young
people below the age of 30 years have been found suffering from this disease in
the recent days. The reason behind this could be less physical activities,
stress, obesity and intake of junk food.
The Nepal Diabetes Association
reported that diabetes affects approximately 15 % of people of 20 years and
above and 19 % of people of 40 and above years of age in urban areas. In Nepal,
World Diabetes Day (WDD) with the theme “Women and Diabetes” was also observed
on November 14 with various programmes.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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