Major health hazard in the 21st century

– Thinakkural Editorial

(September 07, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) International Diabetic Federation has revealed startling information about the dangerous effects of diabetes.

Diabetes, which has so far affected the middle aged people and the old, now affects the children in large numbers all overt he world. Therefore, awareness about the illness must be created among parents and paediatricians. .

Many children have died of diabetes. Parents and doctors fail to detect this disease among children. Lack of exercise and dietary habits are the causes for this disease. Obesity at young age can also be a cause.

An expert from the World Health Organization has termed this disease, diabetes, as “ Global Diabetic Tsunami”. It is going to reduce the longevity of the people all over the globe.

Since there are no physical activities provided for students in the curricula of the schools and since children are seated before the computers the whole day, there is obesity among children. Asian countries do not seem to pay adequate attention to the serious impact of diabetes.

(An English translation of the Editorial in Thinakkural, a Tamil daily, based in Colombo.) - Sri Lanka Guardian