New surveys show a sharp rise in diabetes and pre-diabetes among adolescents in Telangana, with growing obesity levels and poor physical activity. Health experts and NIN are calling for stricter controls and health taxes on sugary drinks and high-fat, high-sugar foods
It discovered a high prevalence of kids with cardiovascular disease risk factors, but a substantial shortage of resources and staff to deliver the timely, preventive care they require.
New York: Young adults with higher than normal blood sugar levels that signal prediabetes were more likely to be hospitalised for heart attack compared to their peers with normal blood sugar levels, according to a research. Having prediabetes means that one’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal, with fasting blood sugar between 100 to 125 […]
Berlin: A new study has found that intensive lifestyle intervention helps people with prediabetes delay or even prevent type 2 diabetes.The findings of the study have been published in the journal ‘Diabetes’. In particular, individuals with prediabetes at the highest risk benefited from intensive lifestyle intervention. The study by the German Center for Diabetes Research […]
