In Mexico, diabetes is a serious problem in young and mainly children

In Mexico, diabetes is a serious problem to occur in young people. According to the Ministry of Health, in the last year the largest number of cases occurred among people aged 25-44 years with 124 000 705 new cases. That is, nearly 40 percent of new patients by obesity are in that age range.
Papaqui Sergio Tapia, coordinator of the University Teaching Hospital of Puebla (HUP), while inaugurating the XVI Course Continuing Medical Update 2015, Pediatric Allergy and Internal Medicine, said that 90 percent of Mexican families have at least one familiar with overweight and that generates, in most cases, type 2 diabetes Candidates for this disease, he said, are those who consume too many carbohydrates and maintain a sedentary lifestyle.
He cited the latest report from the Ministry of Health to note that Mexico ranks first worldwide in childhood obesity, since January to November 2014 recorded 35 000 157 new cases of obesity among children aged one to 14, and 15 626 thousand young people between 15-19 years of age.
The HUP Teaching coordinator explained that when insulin reaches cells is not known and the subject feels weak and manifest this symptom thought to be due to lack of food, causing more food than the body needs is ingested and enter a vicious circle that overcomes hard, if not treated by a specialist.
The research carried out at HUP, about type 2 diabetes, graduate students and specialists focused on improving the quality of life of diabetic patients involved, and those at risk of suffering encourage changes on the type of food and lifestyles, such as inviting them to do some physical activity.