Diabetes At A Young Age, Doctor Explains The Cause

Illustration of diabetes at a young age (Freepic)

JAKARTA - diabetes is now increasingly experienced by the younger generation, especially those aged early 20 years. Diabetes that attacks young people is type-2 diabetes.

Dari yang Gen Z cukup. Sekarang banyak juga itu yang tertahu masa 20 awal diabetes. Bukan type 1, tapi Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Banyak sekali saya terima pasien, kata dokter penyakit dalam, Rudy Kurniawan, dalam media talk Eka Hospital di kawasan Serpong, Tangerang, pada Selasa, 12 November 2024.

Doctor Rudy said, now diabetes is a disease that can be suffered by many people.

Young people who are developing diabetes are caused by unhealthy lifestyle factors and lack of awareness of the disease.

"Everyone (people) has the potential, very potential. Sugar is everywhere. Because of the sudden lifestyle and instant diet," he said.

What causes the risk of young people getting diabetes to get higher is rarely exercising or moving the body. Many young people today sit and lack activities.

People are lazy to move because it's easy to order food. Many sit down, but the activity is very lacking," he added.

In addition to an unhealthy lifestyle, genetics is also a factor in the number of young people suffering from diabetes mellitus. This genetic factor will be higher with diabetes if accompanied by an unhealthy lifestyle.

Those who already have genetic factors, but their lifestyles are not maintained. That's why many have diabetes, "concluded Doctor Rudy Kurniawan.