KARACHI: Healthcare professionals and medical science experts have warned that teenagers as young as 13 to 15 years had now started developing type 2 diabetes in Pakistan and advised people to revert to active lifestyle by staying away from screens.
They also suggested that people resort to 40-50 minutes daily exercise and eat healthy and balanced diet to avoid getting the chronic illness.
“We are extremely concerned to see teenagers as young as 13 to 15 years of age developing type 2 diabetes in Pakistan,” Dr Nadeem Naeem, consultant diabetologist told a news briefing following a diabetes screening camp at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday. “Girls are more prone to develop type 2 diabetes as compared to boys in Pakistan but we are seeing an increasing number of teenagers coming up with type 2 diabetes in the country.”
Teenagers as young as 13 to 15 years have started developing type 2 diabetes in Pakistan, experts claimed on Monday, and advised the people to revert to active lifestyle by staying away from.
Speakers stress adopting preventive measures, raising awareness about diabetes
KARACHI:
Health experts highlighted on Wednesday poor eating habits, particularly the excessive consumption of rice in the form of Biryani and carbonated drinks on almost daily basis, as one of the leading causes of diabetes in Pakistan.
Speaking at the launching ceremony of Discovering Diabetes - a joint venture by the Pakistan Endocrine Society and pharmaceutical company Pharmevo established to set up a helpline for diabetes consultation and share knowledge about the disease - endocrinologist Tasnim Ahsan said Pakistan was facing a diabetes epidemic . Here, millions of adults are now living with diabetes, she raised alarm, adding that type II diabetes, which was an obesity-driven disease, was a global problem now.