Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday made a strong pitch for the prevention of diabetes i♚n pregnancy to prevent the paꦍssing of the health condition to future generations.
Addressing the annual conference of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of India (DIPSI), Singh said type-2 diabetes has already assumed epidemic proportiꦬons in the country which has achieved the dubious distincti꧙on of being the 'diabetes capital' of the world.
"In an alarming situation like this, unless we can effectively prevent the occurrence of diabetes in pregnant women, it may not be possible 𝄹to break the chain of Type-2 Diabeꦕtes Mellitus getting passed from generation to generation and thus affecting the future generations," he said.
Singh, a diabetologist, said a woman aff🦹ected by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is likely to pass on to her progeny a higher preponderance to develop type-2 diabetes and that too at a relatively younger age.
Singh, a founde🅰r member of DIPSI, had a special word of apไpreciation for Dr V. Seshiah who devoted his life to this cause.
The Union minister said that nearly half a ce♛ntury ago, Seshiah and his team had recommended conducting a "spot test" for blood sugar in every pregnant woman and today a "single procedure test in pregnancy" developed by the same team has been accepted worldwide as reliable and effective for future management.
Seshiah has now moved on to primordial prevention of diabetes in❀ pregnant women, Singh said, adding the success of this will help in controlling the epidemic of diabetes🌃 in India.
-With PTI Input
