Mishti copes with diabetes: Dancing

I am Mishti, and I live with diabetes. Living with diabetes makes me a self-disciplined girl as I have to follow sensible diet patterns and take my insulin regularly. All these make me a healthy person. At the same time, my health care team asks me to exercise regularly.

In my part of the country, however, girls sometimes find it difficult to access facilities for sports and games. It is an irony that while women contribute the maximum number of medals won by India at international games, my society frowns upon the participation of girls in organized sports and games. This creates a challenge for girls as me, who live with diabetes and need to exercise every day.[1]

• References

• 1 Bajaj S, Jawad F, Islam N, Mahtab H, Bhattarai J, Shrestha D. et al. South Asian women with diabetes: Psychosocial challenges and management: Consensus statement. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2013; 17: 548-562
• 2 Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as Adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946; Signed on 22 July 1946 by the Representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, No. 2, p. 100) and Entered into Force on; 7 April, 1948.
• 3 Unnikrishnan AG, Kalra S, Garg MK. Preventing obesity in India: Weighing the options. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2012; 16: 4-6
• 4 Mundra V. Obesity management: Dancing to the Bhangra beat. Indian J Endocrinol Metab 2012; 16: 868-869