Cultural Practices Doing Harm to Diabetes Management: A Physician-Patient’s Perspective

Abstract

In spite of extensive efforts to control diabetes with the help of healthy meals, exercise, and medications, the prevalence of diabetes is on the rise. One factor contributing to this problem is unhealthy cultural habits being practiced in different cultures. This paper lists some of the major cultural habits that need to be changed towards mitigating the global problem of diabetes and other chronic diseases.