DIABETES

Improving the quality of life of people with diabetes and those at risk

Today is World Health Day, and this year, the World Health Organization is focusing on diabetes in an effort to raise awareness and stem the tide of this rapidly increasing worldwide epidemic.

Roughly 422 million people around the world are currently diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is fast gaining the status of a potential epidemic in India with more than 62 million diabetic individuals currently diagnosed with the disease, and this number is expected to double in the next 20 years. And what’s more, 86 million Americans have prediabetes, putting them at increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, but 77 million — more than 90% — are not aware that they have the condition.

Weight loss and a healthful diet are the best ways to reverse prediabetes. The YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program, which was recently certified by Medicare, provides lifestyle coaching to help at-risk adults reduce their chances of developing Type 2 through the adoption of lifestyle practices such as healthy eating, losing weight, and getting regular physical activity. Participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program lose an average of 5.5% of their body weight after one year, and the program has been found to reduce new diabetes cases by 58–71% for people over age 60.

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Cardio

We lead the global advocacy effort for action to prevent, control and reduce the global burden of CVD

WHF and its members believe that there is no equity and human rights without health justice and heart health for everyone. Regardless of country, region, origin, race, gender, age, education and revenues, each human being is entitled to cardiovascular health and well-being through health promotion, access to prevention, control and management of cardiovascular disease. Our Mission is to :

• To connect and co-ordinate the diverse cardiovascular community by bringing together the scientific cardiology societies, heart foundations, health professionals, patients and the general public, policy makers, governments and industry in advancing heart health for everyone;
• To translate science into policy to influence agencies, governments and policy makers;
• To stimulate and catalyze the exchange of information, ideas, practices across all borders, to achieve heart health for everyone, everywhere.

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