Research Paper
Prevalence of Diabetes and Pre-diabetes in Urban Population in India: A REVIEW
Author: Reema Singh1, Mayank Srivastava2,
1PhD scholar, Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, VARANASI.
2PhD scholar, Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, VARANASI.
(reemasingh2008@rediffmail.com)
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ABSTRACT:
India is going through a rapid socio-economic progress and urbanization which has vastly changed the lifestyle patterns of Indians. Studies in different parts of India have revealed that the cases of diabetes are emerging at an alarming rate. The prevalence of pre-diabetes is also high and due to lack of proper diabetes care facilities a speedy conversion of impaired glucose tolerance to diabetes is clearly evident in various studies. Situation is more serious in the urban parts of the country in comparison to the rural parts because of the differences in life style and eating habits. Here an urgent need is felt for availability of proper health care to cope up with the situation and people need to be aware about the disease and bring modifications in the sedentary life style and imbalanced eating habits.
