Exercise and a healthy diet are the keys to avoiding diabetes
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – From a number of causes of young people, especially those under the age of 30, are affected diabetes type 2 is lazy to exercise and allow unhealthy eating patterns that end up being overweight.
“Type 2 diabetes was originally only in adults, now at a younger age, under 30 years of age. Apart from heredity, environmental factors including diet and laziness to exercise so that obesity can trigger diabetes at a young age,” said Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Endocrinologists. (Perkeni), Prof. Dr. dr. Ketut Suastika in a diabetes-themed virtual event, Tuesday (3/11).
Prof. Suas noted, this unhealthy diet includes few vegetables, but is high in saturated fat and high in calories. Meanwhile, regarding sports, page WebMD noted, less than three times a week was associated with lack of exercise and sedentary lifestyle behavior.
Even though during 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 is also a triggering factor for type 2 diabetes.Therefore, especially if you have no family history of diabetes, you are advised to be diligent in exercising 30 minutes per day, applying a balanced diet, stopping smoking, checking your blood sugar levels regularly to prevent similar illness.
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 Indonesians or 1 in 25 people live with the third 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 become very large. From the aspect of cost, it has become a concern in addition to the health aspect,” said Prof. Suastika.
source: Between
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