The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for greater action to turn the growing tide of the global diabetes disease.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that WHO made the call on the 2015 World Diabetes Day marked November 14 annually to create awareness on diabetes.
The theme of World Diabetes Day from 2014 to 2016 is ` Healthy Living and Diabetes.’
The WHO described diabetes as, “ a chronic disease that occurred when the body did not produce enough insulin. “It can also occur when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces to help the body metabolise the sugar that is formed from the food eaten.
“Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar, which gives us the energy we need to live.
“When it is unable to get into the cells to be burned as energy, the sugar could build up to harmful levels in the blood.’’
According to the WHO, close to 350 million people in the world have diabetes.
“ It is of great importance to learn how to minimise one’s risk of getting diabetes and to know how to detect and treat it as the prevalence increases.
Source: Leadership News
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