Speakers at a discussion on Saturday suggested for healthy food habit and encourage people, particularly the young generation, to prevent diabetes.
“People should follow a healthy and balanced food habit specially from early childhood to prevent the silent killer diabetes,” suggested Professor Subhagoto Chowdhury Director, BIRDEM.
He requested the educational institutions and parents to be careful so that the new generation can grow up with healthy food habit.
To mark the World Diabetes Day BIRDEM organised the discussion at its auditorium.
State minister of ministry of Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki was the chief guest of the discussion with Mazor General Dr A R Khan in the chair.
Chumki stressed the need for creating awareness to prevent diabetes and called upon Bangladesh Diabetic Association, other private organizations, civil society and media to come forward in this regard along with the government.
Living a healthy and normal life is possible by controlling this disease, she added.
The country observes the World diabetes Day today as elsewhere in the world in a befitting manner to engage millions of people worldwide in diabetes awareness.
The theme for the Day of this year is ‘Act today to change tomorrow’, highlighting the importance of healthy eating as a key factor in the prevention and management of type-2 diabetes.
According to a data of International Diabetes Federation (IDF), there were 5.9 million cases of diabetes in Bangladesh in 2014. As per IDF, diabetes prevalence in Bangladesh would reach 12 million by 2035 posing a big challenge to the health system.
