Youths fall prey to diabetes

DHANBAD: Consumption of adulterated food items is responsible for rising incidents of diabetes among youths in the coal belt, according to a finding of Diabetes and Heart Diseases Centre of Dhanbad.
DHRC director N K Singh said here on Sunday there has been "unexplained rise" in diabetes cases in young people and DHRC is registering new cases everyday in age group 20 to 30 year old.
Many research works have pointed that a major reason could be adulterated food items being consumed in excess leading to oxidative stress to beta cells of pancreas which secrete insulin as deficiency or inaction of insulin leads to diabetes.
He advised the youths to avoid packaged food items as it causes higher incidence of heart disease, diabetes and liver abnormalities in adults as well as brain and hormone development problems in foetuses and young children.