<span style="color: #222222;">World Diabetes Day is being observed today. The day is observed by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization on November 14 in response to the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The theme for World Diabetes Day this year, as well as next year, is The Family and Diabetes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Our correspondent reports that Health Ministry launched the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke for easy and affordable diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Over 425 million people in the world are currently living with diabetes. Most of these cases are type 2 diabetes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to a WHO 2015 data, India has over 69.2 million people living with diabetes. Of them, it remained undiagnosed in more than 36 million people. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">80 per cent of cases of Type 2 diabetes is preventable through the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A healthy diet, healthy weight, and physical activity are methods to prevent diabetes. </span><br />''  

Today is World Diabetes Day. It is observed on the 14th of November every year to create awareness about the metabolic disorder. An estimated 350 million people across the world suffer from diabetes of which India alone accounts for more than 60 million. AIR Correspondent reports that the Crude Prevalence Rate of diabetes in the urban areas in India is found to be 9 per cent, whereas in rural areas, it is approximately 3 per cent of the total population. The types of diabetes differ considerably in India from that in the Western world. Type One diabetes, which is due to insulin-deficiency, is more prevalent among children while Type Two diabetes is life-style induced and is rampant among the young adults. Feeling weakness, frequent urge to pass urine, unusual thirst and excessive hunger are some of the symptoms of the diabetes. Health authorities advise to have plenty of fruits and vegetables, half-an-hour walk and physical exercise at least for five days a week. They also advise to quit smoking as it reduces the risk of heart attack by half. The World Health Organization says, diabetes can strain national health systems and threaten to reverse hard-won development gains in low and middle income countries. Governments across the globe are struggling to protect their citizens from factors that grow the risk of diabetes, which are unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and alcohol abuse.