Kayseri Provincial Health Director Dr. Mehmet Erşan said that diabetes has become a rapidly increasing problem in the world and said, “In order to eliminate the risk, we need to pay attention to nutrition, sleep patterns and active life.”
Kayseri City Hospital organized a picnic with the participation of patients, hospital staff, diabetes education nurses, dietitians, endocrine, internal medicine and family physicians to draw attention to diabetes before World Diabetes Day on November 14. Provincial Health Director Dr. Mehmet Erşan and Kayseri City Hospital Chief Physician Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhat Koyuncu, who attended the picnic organized in the City Forest with the support of the Metropolitan Municipality, met with the patients.
“Diabetes has become an important problem in the world at an increasing rate”
Speaking about diabetes, Provincial Health Director Dr. Mehmet Erşan said that diabetes has increased a lot and has become an important problem in the world, “Diabetes has become an important problem in the world at a very increasing rate. In 2011, we reached the numbers predicted by the World Diabetes Federation for the year 2030. This is a really scary situation. There is a situation that is spreading very rapidly. There are risk factors, and unless you eliminate them and pay attention to your living conditions, you may face diabetes, which is an important cause of death in the world. There are two types of diabetes and we commonly encounter type 2 diabetes over 90 percent. If you take precautions in type 2 diabetes, you can prevent the disease. If you are faced with the disease, in terms of the services provided free of charge in public institutions, very important processes related to type 2 diabetes are carried out today in our hospitals, primary health care organizations, from education to treatment and follow-up. The main thing here is not to get this disease. Because if you do not pay attention to diabetes, if you do not comply with your treatment and follow-up, it is a disease that does not affect the system in the body and leaves us with very serious problems.”
“There are measures we can take”
Erşan talked about the measures that can be taken about diabetes and said, “Of course, let's not be afraid. There are measures we can take about it. With modern life, people do not pay attention to a somewhat sedentary life. We do not pay attention to movement. We do not do sports. If we do not pay attention to our nutrition, we face obesity and unfortunately we carry an important risk for diabetes. Therefore, even if we don't do it at all, even walking for half an hour at least 3 times a week will benefit us in this sense. Weight control is very important. Of course, we will pay attention to the food we eat. In other words, a carbohydrate-based diet will again put us in a risky situation in terms of diabetes. We will take both carbohydrates, protein and fats due to our body's energy needs, but we have to distribute it in a balanced way. Our advice to our citizens in this sense, if you have a history of diabetes in your family, of course, you should not neglect your examinations and physician controls in order to keep it under control. You can have your controls done by applying to the family physicians you are registered with in this sense. In order to eliminate the risk, we need to give importance to nutrition, sleep patterns and active life.”
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