There are so many diabetes risk factors as following:
- Obesity
- Overweight
- Age Factor
- Family History
- Diseases in pancreas
- Unhealthy eating
- Lack of physical exercise
- High blood pressure
- Impaired glucose tolerance
- Lack of nutrition during pregnancy
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
If diabetes goes over the control, other diseases risk can be raised like blindness, kidney failure, and heart diseases. It could be preventable, if it is in initial stage. Global health experts say more needs to be done to make sure all communities have access to affordable, healthy food, and they encourage healthy eating and exercise.
Factors driving this dramatic rise include overweight and obesity, according to a major new report by World Health Organization (WHO) released ahead of the World Health Day. The report warned that the diabetes cases have risen to 422 million in 2014 from 108 million in 1980, 314 million more. "If we are to make any headway in halting the rise in diabetes, we need to rethink our daily lives: to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain," said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General.
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