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'Chronic stress factor in diabetes' development' in Indians (see pics)

New Delhi: Chronic psychological stress is a significant factor in the development of diabetes in Indians, a study has found.The results of the present study indicate that newly-detected diabetics display higher chronic environmental stress levels



"We all know that we are sitting on a diabetes time bomb. But within this there are several issues that are not much talked about, for example, the fact that lakhs of women acquire diabetes during pregnancy, that urbanization is a factor in the growing incidence of diabetes and that there are a series of myths still associated with diabetes in India," said Madhu, organising chairman of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI).