On the occasion of World Diabetes Day (hereinafter referred to as DM), on November 14, a new initiative was launched under the name Diabeat – “at the heart of diabetes”.

As the first step of this initiative, the new innovative portal (diabeat.gr) was presented. Through the website, those suffering from diabetes – and not only – can be informed about the disease, while the interested party is given the opportunity to take their health into their own hands, checking suspicious symptoms and preventing diabetes.making personalized changes to their lifestyle through innovative technological solutions for disease awareness and “smart” tools.

It is noted that type 2 diabetes occurs more frequently in the Western world and is related to modern lifestyle, dietary habits and lack of physical exercise. Based on epidemiological data from the IDF (International Diabetes Federation), more than 450 million people worldwide suffer from the disease, with scientists They expect a doubling of patients in the next 25 years. In Greece, diabetes affects more than 10% of the general population, while a significant increase has been detected in recent years, especially in children.

It is particularly important that as the disease progresses, all systems of the body are affected, especially the cardiovascular, nervous, kidney and eye systems, with problems in the cardiovascular system being the most important cause of death and morbidity in diabetes. The only way to avoid these complications is good diabetes management.

This new initiative, which has the scientific responsibility for implementation by Docandu and EEMEPY and the kind support of Boehringer Ingelheim, attempts to contribute to this.