2. Some Information
• As India advances, access to western food is becoming more common.
Much of these are in the form of “fast food,” a notoriously unhealthy
source of nutrition.
• At the same time, many people value traditional Indian delicacies such
as fried sweets and samosas, often found on “lahris.”
• This unhealthy food consumption puts Indians particularly at risk for
chronic diseases that occur due to lifestyle habits such as Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension.
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3. Some Information
• In the world, there are 180 million people with Type 2 Diabetes.
• In 2010, India had 50.8 million people with T2DM.
• In 2011, this number had risen to 62.4 million according to IDF
estimates.
• In 2025, this number is expected to increase to 100 million people
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4. About Diabetes
• Many know it is caused by insulin resistance due to impaired insulin
secretion or hyperglycemia.
• Most don’t know that after people develop it, it can take 3-5 years for
symptoms to show, if not tested.
• By this time, the body has already suffered significant vascular
complications.
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5. About Hypertension
• Also called “High Blood Pressure,” it causes the heart to work much
harder than normal to circulate blood, causing complications over
time.
• Like diabetes, this illness is rarely accompanied by any symptoms, and
can only accurately be diagnosed through regular testing.
• Hypertension is a precursor to many other serious illnesses.
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6. Diabetes Hypertension
Kidney
Damage/Failure Kidney
Damage/Failure
Serious
Nerve
Damage Enlarged
Heart
Amputa;ons Blood
vessel
(artery)
damage
Blindness Blindness
Heart
Disease
and
Stroke Heart
A@acks
Erec;le
Dysfunc;on Stroke
Complications caused by DM and
Hypertension
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7. Our Goal
• Our aim is to find new cases of pre-diabetes and diabetes, pre-hypertension
and hypertension and to inform people so they can improve their health.
• We hope to promote healthy lifestyle habits over medication.
• Dietary modifications, physical exercise, and weight loss are the first line of
defense against both diseases, and have been shown to have more lasting and
improved health outcomes than medication.
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8. How Will We Do It?
• Hold camps in societies to let people have easy and convenient access.
• We take blood pressure (automated)
• Fasting Blood Sugar (pin prick)
• Record weight and height (for BMI)
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9. But We Need Help
• The more people that participate, the better.
• We need help from local, community leaders to get our message out
and ensure that people in our camp location know of the time and
place.
• Bottom line is, we want to helpYOU, the people, and we need the
people’s help to do it.
• All that needs to be done is fill out a short questionnaire (5 minutes)
and attend camp to get tested (2 minutes if no wait time).
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