World Diabetes Day and Children’s Day: Max Hospital organizes free diabetes camp and kids’ competition

Chandigarh, November 14, 2021: Leading healthcare provider of region Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali organized a free diabetes camp and ‘no sugar, no fire cooking competition’ for children to mark World Diabetes Day and Children’s Day at Chandigarh Press Club today.
During the occasion, Dr. Surya Kant Mathur, director of endocrinology also gave a talk on diabetes and thyroid.
He said that the need of the hour is to spread the message about the importance of increasing access to diabetes care to improve diabetes management, prevent complications and improve the quality of life of people living with diabetes in the country, in fact, World Diabetes Day is an opportunity for us to raise awareness of diabetes as a public health issue and to share what needs to be done, collectively and individually.
Talking about the importance of awareness about diabetes from the very beginning, Dr. Mathur said that lifestyle is a big contributor to the development of diabetes. Not having a healthy diet, high consumption of calories, sugar, fats, less fiber and the absence of exercise are crucial factors that lead to the emergence of diabetes.
It is not a disease that affects only adults as is widely believed. Even a young child could be afflicted by diabetes. Besides teaching and promoting kids to adopt healthy lifestyles from their young age, it also becomes very vital to create awareness about diabetes among children & parents, he opined.
Diabetes is a chronic disease where the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin if any at all. It also leads to serious complications like, Heart Disease, Kidney Disease, Blindness, Limb Amputation, etc which can be prevented. This day is to spread awareness of disease, he maintained.