Bhubaneswar: Focus on integrated care, creation of supportive environment at the work place and proper health policies for all could bolster the battle against diabetes, experts said.

“The problem today is that Type 2 diabetes is found in even school children who are found to be obese. The need is to intervene early as treating the diabetic persons alone will not help in this battle,” said Dr Anoj Kumar Baliarsinha, former Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack. ADVERTISEMENT

The incidence of diabetes in the world is said to be 589 million of which India accounts for 107 million patients, he said while speaking at a programme organised to mark the World Diabetes Day at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar o

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