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| Awareness and Risk Factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Zanzibar. |
Saumu Salum Ali, Othman Mohammed Ahmed
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Abstract:
Nutrition related non-communicable disease like diabetes, is the prominent source of mortality in the world. Most nutrition associated non-communicable diseases is end result of four specific behaviors (tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, and the harmful use of alcohol) that lead to 4 vital metabolic/physiological changes (raised blood pressure, overweight/obesity, raised blood glucose and raised cholesterol). The cross sectional study was conducted at West district in Zanzibar. Data were collected using WHO steps tools translated into the local languages. Individuals for the study were selected by random selection for interviewing and physical examination from the study base. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 16.0.The 100 respondents of the survey 36% were men and 64% were women in Wete district Zanzibar. The 58% of people did not understand about the diabetes type2 knowledge of which 23% were male and 35% female, 26% of respondents 8% male and 18% female had little knowledge about the diabetes type 2 while only 16% of had the knowledge about the type 2 diabetes 5% male and 11% female. Also the distribution of the various categories of risk factors is identified. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated for each participant as (weight in kilogram)/ (height in meter) ².The nutrition status of the people showed 4% male and 2% female are underweight, 14% male and 33% female are normal, 15% male and 25% female are overweight and 3% male and 4% female are obese. The magnitude of risk factors for NRNCDs is considerably high in the study population.
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