Behavioral Risk Factors of Diabetes and its Prevalence in the Faculty Members of Teaching Institutes of Ahmedabad city, Gujarat.

Communicable diseases are slowly getting controlled in low and middle income countries, and on the other side there is a significant rise in the numbers of non communicable diseases, including but not restricted to diabetes. As per the International Diabetes Federation (2013), approximately 50% of all people with diabetes live in just three countries named China (98.4 million), India (65.1 million) and the USA (24.4 million). The low levels of education and poor awareness of the disease in the country make its impact on health of their population. In the eyes' of their students, the teachers are role models like "who followed what they said". And well observed habits of teachers at the school are usually adapted by them on long term. So, this study is carried out to know prevalence of Diabetes and its risk factors among teachers. A total 576 teachers of Ahmedabad city were interviewed and examined using pre-tested questionnaire. Among them 5.21% males in studied group were currently smoking while 12.15% males were consuming smokeless tobacco. Alcohol consumption was reported 5.90%. Overweight and obesity were more common among male faculty members. Family history is significantly associated with self reported Diabetes case. The findings of study suggest that the remarkable prevalence of risk factors of Diabetes among faculty members calls for a sound public-health approach.