Assessment of Lifestyle Practices among the Diabetic Patients in Dhq, Dera Ghazi Khan.

According to WHO, about 8.8% of the total world population has diabetes out of which Pakistan ranks on number 7th with the most cases of diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of diabetes in Pakistan is about 7.6% of the total population of the country.The recent world-wide increase in the cases of diabetes mellitus suggests lifestyle and environment changes, over-nutrition, low dietary fiber, sedentary lifestyle, sleep deprivation and depression to be the major contributing factors in this disease.

Related Organizations

District Headquarters Hospital Battagram
Pakistan

Keywords

socioeconomic status, Lifestyle Practices, sedentary life style, 1, hyperglycemia, Gestational diabetes

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