The World Prediabetes Day will be annually observed across the globe on 14th August starting from 2021. The day aims to create awareness about Prediabetes and to reduce the increasing rate of diabetes.
- 14th August 2021 marks the first World Prediabetes Day.
- The events of World Prediabetes Day 2021 will be held online.
Why August 14?
World Prediabetes Day(August 14) has been strategically chosen 90 days before World Diabetes day (14 November) since scientifically it takes 90 days to change the lifestyle to reverse Prediabetes and prevent progression to diabetes.
Prediabetes:
Prediabetes is a health condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2(lifestyle induced) diabetes.
Prediabetes in India:
i.Around 9 crore people in India are living with Prediabetes and without treatment, almost 75% of these will develop diabetes within the next 5 years.
iiAccording to the study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research in The estimated prevalence of prediabetes in India is around 14%.
Events:
i.#FightPrediabetes a global event has been organised as a part of the World Prediabetes Day 2021.
ii.The prediabetes campaign will conclude on 14th November 2021, World Diabetes Day.
iii.This first of its kind initiative was organised by Fitterfly Healthtech(a leading Indian digital therapeutic company in collaboration with Economic Times, Roche Diabetes Care, Lal Path Labs and USV Pharma.
iv.The event focus on 3 fold approach for fighting prediabetes:
- Creating sustained mass awareness about prediabetes
- Catching prediabetes early
- Coming together to solve the problem by diabetes prevention strategies.
