Overlooked during health discourse, prediabetes is a potential pandemic in waiting

It is great that people are aware of the different facets of diabetes in Nepal . This is all thanks to social media and medical professionals being active on it. What has also helped is the wealth of information available on the internet. While diabetes is talked about a lot in the country, its younger sibling prediabetes seems to be neglected by both doctors and the general population.

According to the International Diabetes Federation , there are 1.1 million diabetics in Nepal while it is presumed there are 3.3 million people with prediabeties. However, most experts state that this is only the tip of the iceberg as we are still far behind when it comes to screening for diabetes in the country.