Sherry Kapoor ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, IN

Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic disease marked by higher level of blood glucose from defects in insulin production, insulin action or both. India has the maximum number of diabetic patients in the world and this had given the country the dubious distinction of being the "Diabetic Capital" of the world. Diabetes mellitus with its devastating consequences has assumed epidemic proportions as its prevalence is on a rise globally.

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Vani Bansal ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004, Punjab, IN

Abstract

With 100 million people affected by heart related diseases, India is set to be the heart disease capital of the world by 2010. India will have 62 million patients with heart disease by 2015, compared to 16 million in the US. The rate of heart attacks among Indians younger than 45 years of age in the last three years was five times higher than in other populations. If urgent preventive steps are not taken, heart attack deaths in India are likely to double by 2015. It is predicted by the year 2015, almost 20 million people will die from CVD, mainly from heart diseases and stroke.

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Ruchi Gupta ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in population of both developed as well as developing countries. The prevalence of CHD in Indian subcontinent is presently one of the highest and is further on an increase and India faces a major challenge of adult morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases like CHD and hypertension, in India, heart attack ranks second in the ten selected diseases which are responsible for deaths. It is reported that in every one minute, five people die of heart attack in India and it is expected that sixty per cent of the world's cardiac patients would be Indians by the year 2010. In the year 2003, the prevalence of CHD in rural and urban areas of India was estimated to be 3-4 and 8-10 per cent which was two and six folds respectively higher when compared to the prevalence 40 years ago.

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Sahiba Dhindsa ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

India has been declared as the Diabetic Capital of the World. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that number of diabetic patients In India doubled from 19 million In 1995 to 40.9 million in 2007. It is projected to increase to 69.9 million by 2025. In developing countries like India, diabetes occurs at a younger age affecting the most productive years of their lives. Although, the modern allopathic system of medicine is greatly accepted in the treatment of diabetes it has not been able to reach remote rural areas due to various reasons in India.

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Anita Kochhar ¹, Neha Sharma ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

The incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing all over the world and is becoming a problem of significant importance. Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism and World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared India as the diabetic capital of world.

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Rachana Srivastava ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹, Rajbir Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Food and Nutrition, PAU, Ludhiana, IN

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose level resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both, Juvenile diabetes or Type 1 diabetes results from autoimmune beta cell destruction that leads to insulin deficiency. It results from synergistic effect of genetic, environmental and immunological factors that ultimately destroy the pancreatic beta cells.

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Kiran Grover ¹, Charanjeet K. Hira ¹, Balwinder K. Sadana ¹, Anita Kochhar ¹, Sukhwant K. Mann ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultual University, Ludhiana-141004, IN

Abstract

Rural women in India as well as in most of developing countries have been a neglected lot. They have not been actively involved in the main stream of development, even though they represent a major section of population and labour force. They are invisible workers and their share of contribution is not duly recognized. In Indian society, women are the providers of nutrition within the household but themselves are affected by malnutrition. The advent of green revolution in punjab has brought overall prosperity to its peasantry.

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