Consumption Practices of Non-Food Products and its Role in Incidenceof Diabetes Mellitus and Related Health Status

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder with a chronic state of hyperglycemia due to decreased production or action of insulin or of abnormal insulin.WHO reports that diabetes prevalence rate in India is 1.8% with an incidence rate of 150 per 100,000 per year. The present study was carried out on 100 randomly selected employees voluntarily attending to UAS clinic in the age group of 30-60 years. Higher the education level lesser was the incidence of diabetes which could be due to better awareness and access to knowledge to control and adopt preventive measures. Study confirms that 30% of employees were diabetic as confirmed by the higher random blood sugar level. Study revealed that higher body weight was due to higher body fat percent among diabetics.Significant positive relationship existed for smoking ,alcohol and tobacco intake among diabetics. Both he categories are important productive age that con-tributes to nation intellectual and economic growth.This makes it imperative for an institution to extend possible welfare activity such as health screening; identifying risks; monitoring and timely counseling to maintain efficiency.