The medical community in India is setting an ambitious goal to create a diabetes-free nation by 2030. Dr. Banshi Saboo, a leading diabetologist, announced this initiative, which aims to ensure that no baby born after 2030 will develop diabetes in their lifetime. This goal was discussed at the 12th edition of Jyotidev’s Professional Education Forum Diabetes Update 2024 (JPEF), a global diabetes convention held at Hotel Udaya Samudra, Kovalam.
Dr. Saboo highlighted several measures to achieve this target:
Education: Introducing health science as a subject in schools.
Physical Activity: Promoting more sports and physical activities among children.
Nutrition: Making healthy food available in schools and promoting healthy eating habits.
Maternal Health: Ensuring the health of mothers to prevent gestational diabetes and other complications.
Lifestyle Changes: Encouraging young people to avoid unhealthy foods, use public transport, and engage in daily workouts.
Addressing factors like malnutrition in pregnant women, gestational diabetes, childhood overnutrition, obesity, and the lifestyles of adolescents and the elderly is crucial. Dr. Saboo emphasized that newborns with low birth weight are more likely to develop metabolic syndromes later in life.
The convention saw the participation of over 1,500 doctors from eight countries, along with nurses, dieticians, and educators involved in diabetes treatment and prevention. Around 160 prominent doctors and researchers presented their findings, sharing the latest developments in diabetes treatment and prevention from the past year. Dr. Jyotidev Keshavdev, Organizing Secretary of the convention, noted that significant research results from leading medical colleges and academic hospitals in India would be presented. Key research papers will be published in the International Journal of Diabetes and Technology.
