Global diabetes cases surge with steady rise in Thailand

[snoop1130]

 

Diabetes is on the rise globally with a staggering 537 million people affected, including a steady increase in Thailand averaging 300,000 new cases per year. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) highlighted the risk factors of escalating global diabetes, focusing on family history, obesity, overweight, high waist circumference, and high blood pressure as key elements.

 

The IDF designated tomorrow, November 14 as World Diabetes Day and this year, the theme is Diabetes: Know your risk, Know your response. This theme emphasises the importance of understanding the risks associated with diabetes and its complications, stressing the significance of access to information, knowledge, and appropriate care for the general public and at-risk groups.

 

Data from the IDF Diabetes Atlas revealed that there are 537 million diabetics worldwide, with over 90% having type 2 diabetes. Nearly half of these cases remain undiagnosed. It is forecasted that by the year 2030, this number will rise to 643 million, and by 2045, it will increase further to 783 million.

 

Risk factors for global diabetes include a family history of the disease, obesity, overweight, high waist circumference, high blood pressure, a fondness for sweet food, insufficient physical activity, smoking, and drinking alcohol.

 

Prevention can be achieved through behaviour modification, including diversifying one’s diet with a focus on vegetables, fruits, and various whole grains.

 

Reducing sweet, fatty, and salty foods, maintaining regular exercise, ensuring mental well-being, getting sufficient sleep (seven to eight hours per day), and refraining from smoking and drinking alcohol are also recommended.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Photo: sahyadrihospital.com

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-13

 

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[mfd101]

And I'm guessing that a hundred years ago diabetes of either kind was rare, everywhere in the world, and mostly confined to rich 'n powerful people.

 

Today, mostly poorer people ...

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, mfd101 said:

And I'm guessing that a hundred years ago diabetes of either kind was rare, everywhere in the world, and mostly confined to rich 'n powerful people.

 

Today, mostly poorer people ...

Cheap fast food ... scourge of the world

[madmitch]

Sugar in noodles, curries, many other foods, Coke at breakfast, lunch and dinner, three in one coffee, sweet Thai tea, Hales Blue Boy syrup etc etc. No surprise that diabetes cases are on the up in Thailand, and how many don't have a clue they have it?

[Purdey]

Worse, hospital restaurants don't serve healthy food without sugar (though I remember the kluai Nam Thai hospital does but it is very far from home).

Was chatting to two management representatives of another well-known hospital and asked why they don't have any restaurants for diabetics and they looked like it had only just been brought up to them for the first time. 

Mind you, keto food is available in some hospital restaurants my doctor told me. 

Maybe whoever knows any hospital restaurants that serve healthy food for diabetics they can list here. I may change hospitals as usually before an examination the say don't eat or drink before coming so I feel hungry once the blood/urine tests are done.