Abstract Diabetes is a metabolic disorder rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate. Since last 3 decades the status of diabetes has changed from being considered as a mild disorder of the elderly to one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality affecting the youth and middle aged people. It is important to note that the rise in prevalence is seen in all six inhabited continents of the globe. Diabetes mellitus is condition of glucose embolic disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. The Centre for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) estimated the prevalence of 7.9% in adults or about 16.7 million people in 2001. Due to the undiagnosed cases the number may raise above 22 million. The increased prevalence estimates that the diabetes will globally affect about 300 million peoples till 2025. The statistics shows that this disease is one of the main threatening diseases of 21st Centaury. The diabetes prevalence is associated with the age and approximately half of all cases occur in the age of 55 years. The present study established the facts which already researched and written by the various scientists of the World. In addition to that the fact that BMI which is the determinant of the overweight and underweight in society, also have influenced by the type of oil consumption, television watch time and late sleeping time. This study suggests that a particular age group of 25-55 is more prone to the metabolic disease like diabetes and hypertension. The epidemiological survey also have outcome that the females of age group 25-45 having some % of underweight also. The underweight 25-45 age group have Hb% on lower side suggesting the occurrence of anemia.
Keywords: Body Mass Index; Diabetes; Blood Glucose; Epidemiology; Hb%; Hypertension.