At the same time as World Diabetes Day, the Deputy Director of the Center for Non-Communicable Diseases Management at the Ministry of Health announced the spread of diabetes and pre-diabetes disorders in Iran and announced that the number of diabetes and pre-diabetes patients in the country reaches approximately 20 million people.
Alireza Mahadavi, referring to the change in the age pattern of this disease, said that childhood obesity, reduced physical activity and increased use of mobile phones, computers and other screens are effective factors in increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes in children and teenagers.
According to this source at the Ministry of Health, in the past, type 2 diabetes was mainly considered a disease of adults, and the popular belief was that it occurs after the age of 40, but today cases of infection are observed at younger ages, including among teenagers.