Open AccessRisk factor of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adolescents from rural area of India
Author(s) -
Shilpa Gaidhane,
Wani Mittal,
Nazli Khatib,
Quazi Syed Zahiruddin,
Pramita Muntode,
Abhay Gaidhane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.222025
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , rural area , body mass index , type 2 diabetes mellitus , risk factor , obesity , waist–hip ratio , family history , environmental health , gerontology , sedentary lifestyle , diabetes mellitus , demography , waist , endocrinology , psychiatry , paleontology , pathology , sociology , biology
Health system is likely to encounter more adolescents with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as a consequence of obesity and sedentary lifestyle. Intervention at various stages of the life cycle is needed as cumulative effect of risk factors accumulated from fetal life to adult increases risk of noncommunicable disease.