DIABESITY: A tricky disease in times of Covid-19 Pandemic.
With this pandemic crisis, staying healthy is the key to fight any dreadful virus. Diabesity: The Tricky Devil in times of COVID-19 By Dr David Heber, M.D., PhD, FACP, FASN – Chairman, Herbalife Nutrition Institute We are fighting multiple health devils in our daily lives. While COVID-19 is the most recent one, it’s important that we do not lay our eyes off a few of those healthcare issues that have been afflicting the urban dwellers for long. Non-communicable diseases, as we know, contributed 71% of the 56.9 million global deaths in 2016 . From this global burden, diabetes led to 1.6 billion deaths . As of 2013, over 380 million people across the globe were affected by diabetes – a number expected to inch closer to 600 million by 2035. The Asia-Pacific region is generally considered the epicentre of the diabetes crisis. In these countries, people develop the disease earlier, get sicker, and die sooner than their counterparts in wealthier countries. Meanwhile, most individ...