According to the figures of the capital government, 10 million people suffer from this disease, so it is imperative to establish actions aimed at their fight.

Given the public health problem represented by diabetes in the country, where 10 million people suffer from the disease, the Government of Mexico City will reinforce the actions aimed at their fight as of Wednesday.

During the first ordinary session of the Council for the Prevention and Comprehensive Care of Obesity and Eating Disorders of Mexico City, the Head of Government, Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa, announced that through the campaign “We haveDiabetes in the sights ”seeks to end this disease that annually takes on the lives of 100,000 people in the national territory.

We must close ranks in the different governments of the states, because it is not a minor issue, there will be no health budget that reaches and that endures us in any government if we fail to be stopped throughout the country and then we are doingIn reverse, ”said Mancera Espinosa.

Mancera Espinosa indicated that in the capital the rate of growth of obesity and overweight is going down mainly between girls and boys between five to 12 years where the indicators show a reduction of eight percent.

The problem said it increases among young people where in recent years there has been an increase of 6 percent, that is, currently 41% of women and men between 15 and 25 are obese, prediabetic or diabetic.

With the program "The doctor in your home" we are reaching all homes, we are arriving with families, we are finding some dramatic cases of a whole -sick family of diabetes, already with amputated people in some of them.But if we get aware, we can have the tests quickly, in the Metro are the clinics to do immediate free tests and that the population knows, ”said the head of government.

He stressed the need to coordinate actions at different levels of government to influence the habits of the population, which he said, raises a challenge with the accelerated life rhythm of cities and the options that people find at their disposal to feed.

The capital president stressed that diabetes is a silent, progressive, wide range and also very expensive disease, so I summon the population to take actions and awareness about this situation.The work said, starts at home.