Towards Nutritional & Metabolic Health Of The Population
India is experiencing a burgeoning epidemic of diabetes and related disorders. It is called the diabetes capital of the world because it has the largest number of diabetic patients in any one country. The Diabetes Unit at the KEM Hospital is the first dedicated diabetes centre in Western India. We provide comprehensive diabetes care through our Pankuwar Firodiya Day Care Centre which includes state of the art clinical management and patient education. We also provide clinical care for hospitalised patients with diabetes. Our other arm, the Kamalnayan Bajaj Diabetology Research Centre is specialised to investigate peculiarities of diabetes in Indians.
Our expertise includes investigation of the 'life-course' model of diabetes in Indians, starting with maternal nutrition and metabolism as determinants of the health of the baby. We described maternal nutritional and metabolic factors which predict birth of the 'Thin-Fat' Indian baby which is at high risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Maternal vitamin B12 deficiency and excess folate levels may contribute to such 'fetal programming'. We believe that the health of young girls determines the health of the nation.
