Tuesday 09 Sep/2025 – 07:29 PM
A shocking new study revealed that about 44% of people aged 15 years and more and suffer from diabetes do not know that they have this chronic condition.
A study that warns adolescents against diabetes
According to the Times Now News website, type 1 diabetes often begins in childhood, type 2 diabetes usually develops in the late adolescence period or in adulthood, and the main factors that increase the risk of type 2 include malnutrition, lack of physical activity, and obesity, as they all lead to insulin resistance, and if you leave diabetes without treatment, it may lead to a heart attack, or stroke Breast, kidney disease, eye problems, or nerve damage.
The results of the study showed that the lack of diagnostic is more common among young adults, although they are more exposed to long -term complications, and the researchers found that the sub -Saharan Africa region recorded the lowest diagnostic rate Their diagnosis of the disease was taking medications to treat it, but among these, only 42 % were successful in managing their blood sugar levels well.
