Archive · 15 Nov 2025
Guntur Authorities Urge Early Diabetes Prevention Amid Lifestyle Changes
Doctors and city officials in Guntur are telling everyone, especially young people, to be careful about their health.
They held a special event for 'World Diabetes Prevention Day' where they opened a free check-up station.
They explained that because of how we live today, more people are getting diabetes.
It used to be more common in richer people, but now it affects everyone.
The doctors are doing many things across the state to help people understand how to stop diabetes before it starts.
Taking care of yourself from a young age is important to stay healthy.
Guntur Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner Challa Obulesu emphasized the need for early diabetes prevention due to lifestyle changes.
A free diabetes screening camp was inaugurated on Friday at Tanvika Function Hall in Guntur on World Diabetes Prevention Day.
The event was organized by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Guntur branch.
IMA State president Dr G Nanda Kishore highlighted the organization's efforts to create public awareness and control diabetes statewide.
Officials noted a shift in diabetes prevalence from wealthier to poorer and middle-class communities over time.
- Who
- Guntur Municipal Corporation Additional Commissioner Challa Obulesu and Indian Medical Association (IMA) Guntur branch
- What
- Inauguration of a free diabetes screening camp and call for early lifestyle-based diabetes prevention
- When
- Friday, on the occasion of World Diabetes Prevention Day
- Where
- Tanvika Function Hall, Amaravati Road, Guntur
- Why
- To raise public awareness and encourage preventive measures against diabetes due to present-day lifestyle conditions.
- Event
- Free diabetes screening camp inauguration
- Location
- Tanvika Function Hall, Amaravati Road, Guntur
- Date
- Friday
- Occasion
- World Diabetes Prevention Day
- Organizers
- Indian Medical Association (IMA) Guntur branch