There is a spate of heart attacks among young people in the wake of Chha throughout Gujarat. Now is the time for couples who haven't looked into organic diets to seriously consider their children's diets. It is strange and very sad to know that now the disease of Diabetes has also silently taken the Children in its lap. Earlier, this disease was considered to be a problem of the rich, the elderly and the poor, but statistics show that it is now spreading among young and very poor children as well. Finally, what is the reason for this strangeness?
Diabetes is generally thought of as a disease of rich or poor lifestyles, but now the disease is easily reaching the working class as well. Diabetes in children in India is currently going through an alarming phase. According to 'International Diabetes Federation' (IDF) Diabetes Atlas - 2023 data, India has the highest number of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the world, with more than 24 lakh children and adolescents. Every fifth child or adolescent in the world with type 1 diabetes is an Indian. Every day 65 children or adolescents are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in India. These are some of the statistics that show how big the problem of type 1 diabetes is becoming in India. The TID Index estimates that 8.75 lakh children and adolescents suffer from diabetes in India alone and nearly 32,000 children suffer from diabetes in Madhya Pradesh alone.
Type 1 diabetes is most common in children, accounting for two-thirds of new cases among children of all ethnic groups. It affects one in 350 children by age 18; But now there is increasing evidence of this phenomenon, especially in children under 5 years of age. Although type-1 diabetes can occur at any age, it is usually more likely to develop between the ages of 4 and 6 or between the ages of 10 and 14.
Surprisingly, cases of diabetes in children in Madhya Pradesh are coming from tribal areas. However, Madhya Pradesh is home to particularly vulnerable tribal groups, the Baigas, Bharias and Sahariyas who still use traditional foods and traditional ways of living. Although there have been no specific studies on diabetes among the tribal community and their children in Madhya Pradesh, the Atal Bihari Policy Analysis and Good Governance Institute's report on tribal health shows that evidence is beginning to emerge in the last two decades. Lack or disruption of standard care affects children's physical and mental health and can even be fatal. Other children who live with diabetics eat everything at school, a lot, but children with the disease cannot eat everything. It takes them days to understand what has happened to him that makes him stand out from the rest?
Considering the problems of such children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had written to the states saying that since children spend one-third of the day in school, it is also their duty to take care of their health. Schools should make special arrangements to ensure that children with diabetes are provided with proper care and facilities. This is their moral duty. The commission said state governments should ensure that a child with type 1 diabetes may require blood sugar check, insulin injection, mid-day meal or snack or other care at school on the advice of a doctor and class teacher. They should be allowed to do so. The commission also wrote that the child can also participate in sports as per the doctor's advice. It should continue to be treated normally. But many children in Madhya Pradesh are still deprived of all these facilities, because so far the state government has not taken any concrete initiative in this regard.
