SDM – A nationwide collective effort

To stop India from becoming ‘Global Capital of Diabetes’

About Stop Diabetes Movement (SDM):

  • Stop Diabetes Movement (SDM) is a community (Public – Private Partnership) effort to prevent India from becoming the world capital of Diabetes Mellitus using the Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT).
  • SDM envisages identifying, motivating, training and organizing – Volunteers (organizers), Diabetes patients, Yoga Instructors, Doctors and Researcher.
  • VYASA Trust and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA) a Yoga University, Bangalore has

 

undertaken this ambitious nationwide program “Stop Diabetes Movement” to bring down the growth of diabetes in India.

 

AIM of SDM: SDM aims at bringing down the growing curve of diabetes in India, using Yoga based Lifestyle intervention

 

Aim of SDM

Objectives of SDM:

Primary prevention: Prevent Pre-diabetics to become diabetics and
Secondary prevention: Preventing the complications; converting diabetes condition from severe to moderate, moderate to mild, and from mild to normal

Why SDM?

  • India is heading towards becoming the ‘Global capital for diabetes’
  • Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions
  • More and more young persons are also becoming diabetic, because of the modern life style.
  • Every 6 seconds, a person dies of diabetes complcations
  • In the same 6 seconds, 2 people are diagnosed as diabetics
  • One in every five diabetics in the world is Indian

Yoga for Diabetes: Yoga helps in prevention and management of diabetes by lifestyle change (diet, exercise, habits and stress reduction) through mind management. Nearly 100 research publications in indexed international journals from around the world has shown that, yoga helps in several ways:

1. Maintains normal blood glucose (fasting and post meal).

2. Normalizes weight and BMI levels.

3. Reduces HbA1C, bad cholesterol and need for diabetes medication

4. Increases good cholesterol, nerve conduction velocity.

5. Reduces high blood pressure and improves cardiac pumping efficiency even after bypass surgery.

6. This works by reducing stress levels as indicated by reduced blood levels of cortisol (stress hormone) and inflammatory markers.

 

Yoga for Type 2 DM

  • SDM-central-office
  • SDM National Co-ordinators
  • SDM Administrative Body MSc Students made Study on DM
  • Diabetes Friends Association Arogyadhama DM Patients Data: 2007-2014
  • SDM Registration State wise Report
  • SDM Registration Form

Contact Details:
Dr. Amit Rathi
National Coordinator
Stop Diabetes Movement 09423287058, 08867757854
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SDM Activity 2014

North Canara SDM Camp (YS, Jan 2014) Hubli SDM Camp (YS, Mar 2014) Bhandara & Aurangabad SDM Camps (YS, May 2014) SDM – TTC Launched (YS, Jun 2014) 2013 Diabetes Movement (YS, Jun 2013) Rajkot SDM Camp (YS, Jul 2013) Rajkot & Adilabad SDM Camps (YS, Aug 2013) Udaipur & Chittorgarh SDM Camps (YS, […] Read More