Workshop on diabetes in women

Urbanisation, globalisation, care giving, poverty, low literacy, changing eating habits, physical inactivity, rising obesity, balancing traditional and non-traditional practices and stress have all contributed towards making women more susceptible to many chronic conditions, particularly diabetes and related Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Stating that the lives of girls and women have changed considerably over the past few decades, Dr Usha Sriram, senior endocrinologist, said, “By addressing the prevention of diabetes and its environmental determinants and complications in girls and women, we believe an entire cascade of benefits will follow. A comprehensive focus on health promoting environments and policies, along with healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, weight management, blood pressure and lipid control, can translate to the prevention of many other NCDs.”