Diabetes in India: becoming a killer disease of the poor
As India becomes more prosperous, the prevalence of diabetes is undergoing a demographic transformation, shifting from largely afflicting the affluent to increasingly burdening the poor and middle income population.according to a new study.Diabetes has long been a disease of affluence but small regional studies in recent years have indicated that, in India, it has been slowly spreading among lower income groups. However, an ongoing national survey of diabetes called the Indian Council of Medical Research – India Diabetes or simply ICMR-INDIAB study finds that many more people from middle-income and poor communities are becoming diabetic. An ongoing government funded research project to understand the prevalence pattern of diabetes across states indicates that the disease is disproportionately catching up with the urban poor in the country s developed states. The findings of the Indian Council of Medical Research-INdia DIABetes study is the largest national representat...