Gestational diabetes: Singapore is 40% higher than world average rate.

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Gestational diabetes: Singapore is 40% worse than international average.

Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.

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War on diabetes: An inside look
More mums-to-be diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Singapore has one of the highest gestational diabetes rates in the world, with one in five births affected by it. In comparison, the International Diabetes Federation estimates that one in seven births worldwide is affected by the condition.
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PUBLISHED: JUL 31, 2018, 5:00 AM SGT
Two-thirds of women with condition go on to develop diabetes, says KKH consultant
Joyce Teo
More expectant mothers at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes ever since screening of the disease was made available there for all pregnant women from the start of 2016.

"Our recent data has shown that up to 50 per cent more pregnant women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes," Professor Tan Kok Hian, the he...

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/more-mums-to-be-diagnosed-with-gestational-diabetes

 

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Surely you can’t blame the PAP for that?

 

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Surely you can’t blame the PAP for that?

When PAP leaders set the wrong examples like perpetuating the myth that financial wealth is more important than health (e.g. U can be sent to jail for not paying medishield-life premiums to fund healthcare costs of irresponsible people (especially smokers) however, there is no significant penalty to discourage smoking n other unhealthy lifestyles).

Medishield-life has also been shown to be a systematic scam to launder the contributions of the poor towards the subsidy of rich people's healthcare costs.

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Don't follow their bad lifestyle examples and eat too much, insufficient exercise, unhealthy lifestyles ...

"As of 2010, more than half of Singapore's adult population between 18 and 69 years old have high cholesterol, four in 10 are overweight or obese, a quarter have prediabetes or diabetes and about one in five has hypertension."
PM Lee HL personally queuing up for his favourite comfort food of fried chicken wings (after a stressful day attending to personal family problems perhaps).

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KBW showing off his $8 urgent heart bypass due to life threatening levels of fat and cholesterol had been found clogging up his heart arteries due to poor lifestyle choices and lack of/ improper aerobic exercise.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/theo...n-wan-pays-s8-for-bypass-surgery/446633433963
Minister Heng Swee Kiat who thinks he is Superman, sleeps much less than 4.5hrs/night, as if his brain and body needs no rest:
"Fellow Tampines MP Desmond Choo was also shocked at the news.
"We've never heard anything like this. To me, he's like Superman," said Mr Choo.
"The number of hours he works and the kind of attention span he has, it's amazing."
The 2012 Hougang by-election candidate recalled the days when he worked closely with Mr Heng, whom he sees as a fatherly figure and source of inspiration.
"During the by-election period, we would discuss issues until 2am and he would ask me to go home," said Mr Choo.
"'As a candidate, you need rest,' he would tell me while he continued working with activists. When I returned in the morning, at about 6.30am, he'd already be there." http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/shanmugam-heng-was-carrying-incredible-load

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...t-apologises-for-not-being-able-to-attend-ndp
PM LHL, too much fried wings/chendol (fatty food) or skipped sleep before presenting NDR2016/ a mini-stroke on stage?:

https://edmwimg.wordpress.com/tag/lee-hsien-loong/page/5/
Foot ulcers which people with diabetes mellitus suffer (after eating too much with insufficient exercise):

Charles Chong, ate too much, exercised way too little, developed severe fatty liver disease/ cancer which necessitated a liver transplant to save his life:

1 in 10 stroke patients here aged under 50
PUBLISHED NOV 19, 2016, 5:00 AM SGT
Linette Lai
While older people are far more likely to suffer a stroke, one in 10 stroke patients in Singapore is under 50 years old.
Medical conditions such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol can make a person more likely to get a stroke, say doctors.
Smoking, too, puts you at risk.
Last Saturday, Singaporean businesswoman Linda Koh was found unconscious in her Hong Kong hotel room. The 36-year-old was rushed to hospital, where she died soon after.
Doctors subsequently found that she had suffered a stroke.
Her father, Mr Alan Koh, told Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News that his daughter had a history of high blood pressure and was taking medication for it.
Strokes occur when part of the blood supply to the brain is cut off.
The latest figures from the National Registry of Disease Office show that there were 6,943 cases of strokes in 2014, up from 6,642 the previous year.
They are the fourth most common cause of death in Singapore, and tend to occur among men.
The incidence rate for men aged between 35 and 44 who were admitted to public hospitals for stroke in 2014 was 58 per 100,000 people, compared with 24 per 100,000 for women in the same age group.
Doctors who spoke to The Straits Times said there are rarely any warning signs before a stroke happens.
"Some strokes may be preceded by severe headaches or neck pain," said Dr Carol Tham, a consultant from the National Neuroscience Institute's neurology department. "Unfortunately, most patients do not have any warning symptoms before the stroke occurs."
During a stroke, people often experience difficulty speaking and walking, weakness on one side of their bodies, and even temporary blindness.
Dr Ho King Hee, a neurologist at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore, said strokes that result in sudden death are likely to be due to bleeding in the brain from a ruptured blood vessel, rather than a blockage.
"If you are older, it means that there is more time for damage (to the blood vessels) to accumulate," he said. "But a stroke can happen at any age."
He advises people who have conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes to keep them in check.
Dr Tham added that doctors may also prescribe blood-thinning medication for people whose blood tends to clot.
"If a person has any symptoms of stroke... he should seek treatment at the emergency department immediately as early treatment can help to reduce the disability caused by strokes," she said.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 19, 2016, with the headline '1 in 10 stroke patients here aged under 50'.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/1-in-10-stroke-patients-here-aged-under-50

 

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The pap should just implement Breeding licences. Those that fail a check up will not be allowed to breed. That way no such problems. Or maybe Singkies need to watch their diet. But its hard as everyone eats out and hawker food does not use quality ingredients. A simple thing like cooking oil. Hydrogenated oil n salt and sugar are damaging health...and that is the stuff that is in huge amounts in outside food.

 

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The pap should just implement Breeding licences. Those that fail a check up will not be allowed to breed. That way no such problems. Or maybe Singkies need to watch their diet. But its hard as everyone eats out and hawker food does not use quality ingredients. A simple thing like cooking oil. Hydrogenated oil n salt and sugar are damaging health...and that is the stuff that is in huge amounts in outside food.

Singapore needs a KPI for health and fitness to reduce national healthcare costs.

Just like a degree from NTU, NUS etc, parents will go mad dog crazy hiring tuition teachers to fill their kids schedule because the merit of such academic certificates is etched in Singaporeans minds. Medical clinics can also give certificates by applying ratings such as the Framingham score to rank and grade a person's health based on clinic investigations like %body fat, fasting glucose, bp, fasting glucose and blood cholesterol, physical fitness etc.

Overnight, Singaporeans health and fitness knowledge will increase and if such efforts are pegged to medishield-life rebates and discounts, Singaporeans will be much more serious about living a healthy and fit lifestyle.