JawaPos.com – From a series of causes for young people, especially those under the age of 30 years, to develop type 2 diabetes is laziness to exercise and allowing unhealthy diets that end up being overweight.
“ Type 2 diabetes started only in adults, now at a younger age, under 30 years. In addition to heredity, environmental factors including diet and laziness to exercise so fat can trigger diabetes at a young age, ” said the Chairman of the Indonesian Endocrinology Association (PERKENI), Prof. Dr. dr. Ketut Suastika in a diabetes-themed virtual event, as reported from Among.
Prof. Suas noted, this unhealthy diet includes few vegetables, but is high in saturated fat and high in calories. Meanwhile, regarding sports, the WebMD page notes, less than three times a week has been called lack of exercise and sedentary lifestyle behavior.
Even in the current Covid-19 pandemic, there are various sports options that can be tried, including walking while looking for virtual monsters through the Pokemon GO game. Sports medicine specialist Michael Triangto once said that walking is a type of aerobic exercise. However, don’t ignore health protocols.
Internal medicine expert who has served as Executive Board Member, IDF Western Pacific Region, Prof. Dr. dr. Sid Journalist Soegondo added that smoking habit is also a trigger factor for type 2 diabetes.
Therefore, especially those of you without a family history of diabetes, it is advisable to be diligent in exercising, namely 30 minutes per day, implementing a balanced diet, quitting smoking, checking your blood sugar levels regularly to prevent similar diseases.
Diabetes is classified as a progressive and chronic disease. In Indonesia, the prevalence of diabetes refers to Basic Health Research data for 2007, 2013 and 2018 showing a sharp increase, namely 5.7; 6,9 and 10,9 in people over 18 years.
This means that around 10-11 million people in Indonesia or 1 in 25 people live with the number three killer disease after stroke and coronary heart disease. Unfortunately, as many as 50 percent of people who are not aware of this disease. As a result, they are potential to only consult a doctor when complications have occurred. ” This causes the problem of diabetes in Indonesia to be very large. From the cost aspect, it has become a concern in addition to the health aspect, ” said Prof. Suastika.
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Editor: Dinarsa Kurniawan
– Reporter: Betweenyoungsters
