Diabetes will soon be no longer a rich man’s disease and poor in India will become vulnerable to it in the next 10 years, warned an expert.
Noted diabetologist Dr V Mohan, who is also one of the principal investigators in Indian Council of Medical Research and India Diabetes, told Express India is going through a transformation phase and in the next 10 years it will emulate the West where it has become a poor man’s disease.
The study by ICMR has highlighted that rural population too have diabetes. In Tamil Nadu, it is 7.8 per cent while Maharashtra has 6.5 per cent. Similarly in Jaharkhand, it is three per cent while in Chandigarh it is 8.3 per cent.......Read More

Source: New Indian Express