Global Diabetes walk Healthy-family-Fit-India is the largest event in Asia.
According to the world diabetes foundation’s data, Jain hospital, India, big again in 2019, organizing Global Diabetes Walks and activities across Uttar Pradesh. This year’s program had a new name -” Healthy family fit India.” It was a huge event in UP at the International Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on 14th November. This Program reaches millions. Many schools and other organizations with their Students reach there and participated. World diabetes day
Program Integration
Healthy Family Fit India Progam was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Jain, Chairman of Jain Hospital and Project Manager of “Diabetes Prevention Control Project (UP).” Dr. Jain lighting the candle ceremony with their key partners in Green Park.
NCC Ralley
Several NCC Cadets Start the walk from Mall road to Green Park Stadium (approx. 3 miles ) with the heavy crowd. The road was full of walkers. The Scene was marvelous. Cadets enjoyed the walk and spread a message to the people that they must take steps against diabetes to save their families from diabetes.
Blue Ring
Blue Ring, the Symbol of world diabetes day, was placed at mid of the Stadium.
Event Organized in Green Park Stadium
Zumba Dance
Students and people who gathered there enjoyed Jumba Dance, a unique physical activity that gives enjoyment with Physical Exercise People felt happy to do this.
Yoga Activity
Yoga Activity Performed by the huge crowd in Green Park Stadium. A Group of teachers explained the benefits of Yoga and the right posture to do Yoga for Students and people present.
Fun Time
more Than 15,000 crowd gathered to saw the bodybuilders and enjoyed the songs sang by Singer Miss Guntas they enjoyed most.
The Global Diabetes Walk is a global diabetes awareness-raising campaign taking place every year in November.
It’s a Walk designed by you, based on the regulations and conditions where you live. Walk alone or together, at home or in public spaces. You decide – then inspire others by sharing your plans and results.
WHEN IS IT?
November 2021
WHO CAN WALK?
All are welcome! Individuals can walk alone or with friends or family, while organizations can plan larger Walks (see section ‘How to organize’ below or contact us for guidance).
WHY SHOULD I WALK?
You will receive a digital certificate of appreciation from the World Diabetes Foundation. When you walk, you take care of yourself and spread awareness about the importance of diabetes prevention and care.
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Choose the distance and the date or dates you want to Walk. Many Walks take place on or around November 14, World Diabetes Day – but any time in November is fine. Then register your Walk. Don’t worry: if the details change, you can update your registration afterward.
Today, more than 463 million people have diabetes. By 2030, that could rise to 578 million. Most live with type 2 diabetes, which is preventable in many cases. Four out of five people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
Since 2004, more than 5 million people have joined the Global Diabetes Walk, WDF’s contribution to the International Diabetes Federation’s annual campaign marking World Diabetes Day on November 14.
Plan your Walk:
- Look for partners. Reach out to relevant spokespersons, leaders of diabetes associations, and others who can help you get the word out, provide good ideas, and contribute financing for your plan.
- Choose a distance and date. Many Walks take place on or around November 14, World Diabetes Day – but any time in November is fine.
- Choose a place. Depending on the type of your chosen activities, you might want to walk down the street or take over the town square.
- Be safe and compliant. Be sure to follow local rules and alert authorities if relevant.
- Register your Walk. Don’t forget to register your Walk on our website. The earlier you register, the better. People like to follow an example, so give them one!
See our Resources section below for information about diabetes, exercise, COVID-19 and NCDs, and more. You will also find social media-friendly images and graphics.
If COVID-19 restrictions do not allow a Walk-in 2021, consider encouraging your community to participate as individuals. Refer them to our website and social media, and share with them an informational flyer.
Questions?
Would you please write us on Facebook or email the Global Diabetes Walk manager, Zuzanna Dzialowska, at zudw@worlddiabetesfoundation.org?
A Life-Saving Discovery is Born
Five-year-old Teddy Ryder was among the first patients to receive the “pancreatic extract” co-discovered by Frederick Banting and Charles Best at the University of Toronto in 1921. He would live 71 more years with diabetes, one of the millions of lives saved and made better by insulin.
Left to right: Teddy Ryder on the day he was given his first insulin injection. Early press coverage of insulin’s discovery.
When news of insulin’s discovery broke in the spring of 1922, Teddy’s weight had dropped to just 26 pounds. He’d lost interest in playing and was unable to take more than a few steps on his own.
Writing to Frederick Banting, Teddy’s uncle—a doctor at New York’s Bellevue Hospital—stressed his nephew’s perilous condition: “It looks to me as though a very few months … will be all he can hold out … I need not tell you how earnestly I hope you will see your way clear to treat him.”
Banting did see his way to treating Teddy. Traveling to Toronto by train with his mother, the little boy received his first insulin dose on July 10, 1922. Teddy was strong enough to return home to his family and a new life in New Jersey by the fall. “I wish you could come to see me,” the now robust six-year-old wrote to Banting the following year. “I am a fat boy now, and I feel fine. I can climb a tree.”
I am a fat boy now, and I feel fine. I can climb a tree.
Insulin Belongs
to the World
Banting recorded the idea for insulin in his notebook.
The idea for insulin came to Frederick Banting in the wee hours of the morning of October 31, 1920. Waking from a fitful sleep, Banting scribbled down a 25-word hypothesis that, within the span of a year, would lead to one of the most significant medical discoveries of the 20th century.
With no lab space or research experience, Banting approached U of T physiology professor J.J.R. Macleod—an international expert in diabetes—who agreed the idea was worth testing, on the condition that Banting agrees to devote all of his energies to the project.
On May 17, 1921, Banting and physiology and biochemistry student Charles Best, who’d won a coin toss to become Banting’s assistant, began their experiments under Macleod’s direction at the University of Toronto.
The pair spent the spring and summer testing Banting’s theory. By August of 1921, their notebooks were recording promising results—after repeated failures and refinements, their extract was, at last, bringing down blood sugar levels.
Progress continued into the winter of 1921 when biochemistry professor James B. Collip was brought on board to purify the pancreatic extract, thereby making it safe for human trials.
On January 23, 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old Toronto boy who was drifting in and out of consciousness at Toronto General Hospital, became the first person to receive the purified extract of what would come to be called “insulin.”
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