By Sun Jiejing
On November 10, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital held the “2015 World Diabetes Day” publicity and consultation activity, in which experts of the 8 divisions of the Endocrinology Department of Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital were present at site to offer consultation on diabetes and relevant diseases for citizens.
November 14 of each year is the “World Diabetes Day” and the theme of this year is “Healthy Life & Diabetes”. It is learnt that over 100 million people in China suffer from diabetes, presenting the prevalence rate of 11.6%. Apart from such factors as heredity and aging, unhealthy lifestyle has become one important inducement for the high incidence of diabetes.
Experts said that citizens above 40 years old who are obese, have the medical history of high blood pressure, or suffer from high blood pressure and hyperlipidemia are high risk group for diabetes. And they are suggested to receive early screening to prevent diabetes.