{"id":57,"date":"2013-11-15T05:14:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ap.grapes.digital\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-10-17T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:06:00","slug":"world-diabetes-day-and-childrens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atulpeters.com\/blog\/world-diabetes-day-and-childrens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Diabetes Day and Children\u2019s Day: Promoting Health and Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p>World Diabetes day and Children\u2019s day, wow what a coincidence!! Not sure what to say , do I start with Diabetes and India, making of an Asian auto-destructive society or a B\u2019Day celeberations of our own Chaha Nehru!!. Gone are those days when we used to celeberate children\u2019s day with lots of pomp and show, having fun at school, picnics planned by our parents and a get together with family and friends\u2026Its appears to be a mere day of rememberance with no emotional strings attached. Its also heartbreaking to learn that Type-I diabetes is on a rise in India. Article in todays HT, \u201cChildren below 13 yrs prone to Type-I Diabetes\u201d also narrates this sad story. Sexual abuse to the school kids also is a concern, we need to educate our kids against this social evil and gard and protect them.<\/p>\n<p>With all the negativity and darkness around , I still have a ray of hope and positivity for our Type II Diabetics.. Yess.. Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes is here to stay. We have seen close to 85% resolution in select patients with type \u2013II Diabetics. Would request all my friends and colleagues suffering from DM, to consider surgery as a safe an definitive corrective option for this deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>This World Diabetes Day, take action towards better health. Learn more about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atulpeters.com\/surgery-for-diabetes\/overview\">metabolic surgery<\/a> can offer hope for Type-II diabetes and stay informed about preventing and managing diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Stay fit, Stay Young!!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On World Diabetes Day, discover the rising concern of Type-I diabetes and the promising results of metabolic surgery for Type-II diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diabetes-surgery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Diabetes Day: A Call for Awareness and Hope<\/title>\n<meta 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