New Delhi: The prevalence of metabolic issues related to blood pressure, sugar and body mass index (BMI) among people has increased, reflecting the consequences of aging population and changing lifestyle, according to a global research published in The Lancet journal.
The researchers found that the years lost due to poor health and early death (disability-adjusted life years or DALYs) due to these metabolic problems increased by nearly 50 percent between 2000 and 2021.
They also found that people aged 15-49 were more susceptible to high BMI and blood sugar, both of which are known to increase the risk of developing diabetes. Other risk factors for this age group include high blood pressure and high LDL or 'bad' cholesterol.
"Although metabolic in nature, the development of these risk factors can often be influenced by various lifestyle factors, especially in younger generations," said Michael Brauer, associate professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington." We. "They also indicate an aging population that is more likely to develop these conditions over time," Brewer said. IHME coordinates the Global Bird of Disease (GBD) study, which "looks at locations and "is the largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss over time."
Researchers making up the GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators have presented estimates of the population at risk of preventable, non-communicable diseases or 'burden of disease' due to 88 risk factors and associated health outcomes for 20 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021 .
The findings showed that addressing these diseases by targeting modifiable risk factors presents "a huge opportunity to pre-emptively alter the trajectory of global health through policy and education," according to the authors.Air pollution due to particulate matter (PM), smoking, low birth weight and short gestation period were also found to be among the largest contributors to DALYs in 2021, with considerable variations by age, sex and location. The researchers said the greatest decline in disease burden was due to risk factors related to mother and child health and unsafe water, sanitation and hand washing, particularly in areas ranking low on the socio-demographic index (SDI). High rates of decline have been observed. ,
This, he said, shows that the public health measures and humanitarian health initiatives of the last three decades have been successful.
However, despite progress, the authors found that the burden of diseases associated with maternal and child undernutrition remains high in sub-Saharan Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania, as well as North Africa and the Middle East. Is.Has happened.
The researchers found that the years lost due to poor health and early death (disability-adjusted life years or DALYs) due to these metabolic problems increased by nearly 50 percent between 2000 and 2021.
They also found that people aged 15-49 were more susceptible to high BMI and blood sugar, both of which are known to increase the risk of developing diabetes. Other risk factors for this age group include high blood pressure and high LDL or 'bad' cholesterol.
"Although metabolic in nature, the development of these risk factors can often be influenced by various lifestyle factors, especially in younger generations," said Michael Brauer, associate professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington." We. "They also indicate an aging population that is more likely to develop these conditions over time," Brewer said. IHME coordinates the Global Bird of Disease (GBD) study, which "looks at locations and "is the largest and most comprehensive effort to quantify health loss over time."
Researchers making up the GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators have presented estimates of the population at risk of preventable, non-communicable diseases or 'burden of disease' due to 88 risk factors and associated health outcomes for 20 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021 .
The findings showed that addressing these diseases by targeting modifiable risk factors presents "a huge opportunity to pre-emptively alter the trajectory of global health through policy and education," according to the authors.Air pollution due to particulate matter (PM), smoking, low birth weight and short gestation period were also found to be among the largest contributors to DALYs in 2021, with considerable variations by age, sex and location. The researchers said the greatest decline in disease burden was due to risk factors related to mother and child health and unsafe water, sanitation and hand washing, particularly in areas ranking low on the socio-demographic index (SDI). High rates of decline have been observed. ,
This, he said, shows that the public health measures and humanitarian health initiatives of the last three decades have been successful.
However, despite progress, the authors found that the burden of diseases associated with maternal and child undernutrition remains high in sub-Saharan Africa, parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania, as well as North Africa and the Middle East. Is.Has happened.
