Talk on ‘how to live happily
with diabetes’ held at USTM

Diet, Exercise and Foot care key to
control diabetes: Dr Manash P Baruah
9th Mile, Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya, January 3, 2018: An
enlightening talk on “How to live happily with diabetes”
was held in the USTM conference hall today which was
attended by all the faculty members and other staff of
the University. The talk was delivered by Dr Manash P
Baruah, a national expert and Director and Consultant
Endocrinologist, Excelcare Hospital, Guwahati. The talk
was followed by a stimulating interactive session with
the participants.
Addressing the participants, Dr Baruah said that
diabetes is a lifestyle disease and it is mostly
prevalent in the age group of 50-59. He said that
diabetes is increasing year by year mostly in urbn areas
and according to a study, in India it has increased from
5 per cent in 1940 to 30 percent in 2000 and will be 46
per cent increase in 2030 in urban areas. Since 1995,
India toped the number of diabetic patients amounting to
1.95 crore and the number will only increase in 2025
being estimated at 6 crore, to be followed by China with
3.76 crore. “Lifestyle disease is also called disease of
longevity or disease of civilization. Regular aerobic
exercise is the best medicine to combat diabetes”, he
added.
In his talk, Dr Baruah pointed out the top seven risk
factors for type two diabetes—obesity, sedentary
lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, family history and
genetics, increased age (65+), high blood pressure and
high cholesterol. He also explained the two types of
diabetes—the type one happens often during childhood and
type two or adult onset diabetes happens usually after
30 years of age. Complications of diabetes could be
stroke, eye damage, heart attack, kidney damage,
impotence, difficulty passing urine, numbness and
reduced blood supply to foot. The control is in our
hands—it is mainly diet, exercise and foot care, he
said.
Earlier, welcoming Dr Baruah, M Hoque, Chancellor, USTM
said that the University gives much emphasis on research
work and research on diabetes can form an important part
of academic research.
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