“Diabetes doesn’t make you feel sick. You don’t feel like you’re going to die, you know? You don’t feel like you need medical help,” says Yeoh Phek Chin, a 47-year-old type 2 diabetic patient. “Until something drastic happens.”
Managing diabetes includes adopting healthy lifestyle habits, controlling portion sizes, keeping to a meal schedule, exercising regularly and taking formulas that contain complete and balanced nutrition.
Adults should not only comply with SOPs at workplaces and public areas, but also stay active to prevent diabetes mellitus, a risk factor for severe Covid.
According to the National Diabetes Registry Report, 80.4% and 74.3% of adult diabetes patients in Malaysia had hypertension and dyslipidemia respectively in 2019.
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