{"id":47652,"date":"2025-05-18T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47652"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:21:56","slug":"type-2-diabetes-t2d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/type-2-diabetes-t2d\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Type 2 Diabetes Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The CBSE has directed affiliated schools to establish \u201cSugar Boards\u201d to monitor and reduce sugar consumption among students primarily to lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes and obesity in children.<\/p>\n<h2>About Type 2 Diabetes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>T2D, the\u00a0<strong>most common type of diabete<\/strong>s, is a disease that occurs when your <strong>blood glucose,<\/strong>\u00a0also called\u00a0<strong>blood sugar, is too high.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Blood\u00a0<strong>glucose\u00a0<\/strong>is your\u00a0<strong>main source of energy\u00a0<\/strong>and comes mainly from the food you eat.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insulin<\/strong>, a hormone made by the pancreas,<strong>\u00a0helps glucose get into your cells to be used for energy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In T2D,<\/strong>\u00a0your\u00a0<strong>body doesn\u2019t make enough insulin or doesn\u2019t use insulin well.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Too much glucose<\/strong>\u00a0then\u00a0<strong>stays in your blood,<\/strong>\u00a0and not enough reaches your cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Type 2 diabetes may be<strong>\u00a0caused by a combination of factors:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Being\u00a0<strong>overweight\u00a0<\/strong>or having\u00a0<strong>obesity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Not being physically active<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Genetics\u00a0<\/strong>and family history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>How common is T2D?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers estimate that T2D affects about\u00a0<strong>6.3% of the world\u2019s population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>T2D most\u00a0<strong>commonly affects adults over 45,\u00a0<\/strong>but people younger than 45 can have it as well, including children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Many people<\/strong>\u00a0with type 2 diabetes have\u00a0<strong>no symptoms<\/strong>\u00a0at all.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>If you do have them, the symptoms<strong>\u00a0develop slowly over several years<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They might be so mild that you do not notice them.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>symptoms can include:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased thirst and urination<\/li>\n<li>Increased hunger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feeling tired<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blurred vision<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Numbness or tingling in the feet or hands<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sores that do not heal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Unexplained\u00a0<strong>weight loss<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Type 2 Diabetes Treatment\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment for T2D involves\u00a0<strong>managing your blood sugar levels.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Many people are able to do this by living a\u00a0<strong>healthy lifestyle.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some people may also need to take\u00a0<strong>diabetes medicines<\/strong>, which may include pills or medicines you inject under your skin,\u00a0<strong>such as insulin.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Type 2 Diabetes FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the type 2 diabetes?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which organ is responsible for producing insulin?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Pancreas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Is type 2 diabetes lifelong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/jobs-career\/education\/cbse-schools-to-set-up-sugar-boards-to-fight-type-2-diabetes-obesity-among-students\/3848098\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a condition where blood glucose levels are too high due to the body&#8217;s ineffective use of insulin, leading to long-term health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":47529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,467,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-type-2-diabetes","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}