Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar (also called glucose) and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key to let the blood sugar into your body’s cells for use as energy. If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease. Maintaining a normal weight, eating healthy food, and being active can help in minimizing the chances of Diabetes.
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar (also called glucose) and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key to let the blood sugar into your body’s cells for use as energy. If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease. Maintaining a normal weight, eating healthy food, and being active can help in minimizing the chances of Diabetes.
SUBJECT Variables
PREVALENCE
- As of 2021, 74.2 million people between 20-79 years, are affected with Diabetes.
- The prevalence rate has reduced from 10.4% in 2019 to 9.6% in 2021. This effectively means, that 9.6% of all adults between 20-79 years are affected with Diabetes.
- It is estimated that by 2030, the number of people affected with Diabetes will go up to 93 million people and by 2045, the number would touch 125 million people.
UNDIAGNOSED PEOPLE
- Of the 74.2 million people affected with Diabetes as of 2021, 39.4 million (53%) are affected by Diabetes but haven't yet been diagnosed.
CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
- As of 2021, India had 229,400 children and adolescents (0-19 years) who were affected with Type 1 Diabetes.
PREDIABETES
Prediabetes is when your blood sugar level is higher than it should be but not high enough for your doctor to diagnose diabetes.
Impaired glucose tolerance means that blood glucose is raised beyond normal levels, but not high enough to warrant a diabetes diagnosis. With impaired glucose tolerance you face a much greater risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Impaired fasting glucose is a type of prediabetes, in which a person's blood sugar levels during fasting are consistently above the normal range, but below the diagnostic cut-off for a formal diagnosis of diabetes. Together with impaired glucose tolerance, it is a sign of insulin resistance.
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