Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for World Diabetes Day -
in 2023Updated
On this World Diabetes Day, highlighting the theme, “Access to Diabetes Care: Know your risk, Know your response”, in Goa, there have been constant efforts to curb the rise of diabetes in the state. With the help of special CDCs set up in the state, efforts are being made to keep… Show more
Today is World Diabetes Day! Some Stats on Diabetes:- India has nearly 70 Million Diabetics 39% of the Adult population has diabetes 40% of the Adult population is pre-diabetic Show more
This testimony of a young man in the 70s with Type2 Diabetes is a gift to me on World Diabetes Day. We are in different continents, but we both were determined to defeat Diabetes. It's 15 months now & low carb is followed well. Insulin stopped, wt loss 20kgs, lowered Creatinine,… Show more
— Shashi Iyengar | Accredited Metabolic Health Coach (@shashiiyengar) November 14, 2023
Diabetes management stands on three pillars. 1. Balanced sustainable diet 2. Regular exercise/ walk 3. Medicines as prescribed If 1 and 2 are not followed, 3 is very likely to fail in the medium to long term. Show more
The resilience of insulin Some good news on World Diabetes Day on Tuesday: insulin, which is used to regulate diabetics’ blood-sugar levels, may be easier to store than supposed. It was thought that insulin has to be stored at very cool tem Show more
#SouthernCommand on #WorldDiabetesDay launched an awareness cum screening campaign over the next 7 days. All service persons & family above 40 Yrs & those with excess thirst, hunger, urination or tiredness will be tested for blood sugar at various military Hospitals. Show more
Thanks Dr Satianath Mukhopadhyay for providing this picture of blue lighting (for World Diabetes Day) of Institute in Kolkata where Insulin was first used in India by Dr J P Bose in 1923 itself. Read my book Banting Bose and Beyond published by Notion Press for full details Show more
Inaugurated #WorldDiabetesDay2023 at the Saraswati Hospital in rural Parassala. Spoke of my own experience of the illness and of the alarming incidence of diabetes eyes and related ailments in Kerala (double the already-high national figure). Plus the Kerala Paradox under which… Show more
World Diabetes Day aims to raise awareness of diabetes, a disease that raises blood sugars. Diabetes can result in problems with other organs and significantly increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and death.
World Diabetes Day Facts - in 2023
The theme for World Diabetes Day in 2023 was Access to diabetes care.