Mumbai, December, 2024: Renowned Nutritionist and Prediabetes Coach, Madhavi Shilpi, unveiled her groundbreaking book, Reverse Prediabetes Now, at an exclusive launch event held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai on December 8, 2024. This highly anticipated book provides practical guidance that empowers individuals to take charge of their health and reverse Prediabetes through sustainable lifestyle changes.
The book was released by Dr Nikhil Bhagwat, who gave the keynote address. The event was also graced by Dr Ajit Menon, Dr Joy Desai, Dr Mihir Mehta, Dr Ashish Jain and other distinguished guests. Attendees participated in an engaging panel discussion with the doctors, exploring the critical aspects of Prediabetes management and prevention while exploring the impacts of food, sleep, exercise and stress.
Prediabetes affects nearly one-third of India’s population (32.8%) and often goes unnoticed, putting more than 450 million people at risk of progressing to Type 2 Diabetes. Reverse Prediabetes Now tackles this silent epidemic by providing a comprehensive guide to reclaiming health, through awareness and action.
“Many people with Prediabetes feel lost and unsure of where to begin,” says Madhavi Shilpi, “This book is their roadmap to understanding, managing, and reversing Prediabetes using simple, practical, science-backed strategies.”
Dr Nikhil Bhagwat, an eminent endocrinologist who has written the foreword, emphasised the book’s significance in his keynote address at the launch. “This is primary prevention at its best. We typically intervene after Diabetes develops—this approach stops the disease before it starts,” he said.
“The Prediabetic state is not a benign state. Having been in practice for the last so many years, what I have seen is that the age of presentation of the disease has changed. Way back in 2000 or 2001, we used to get patients in their 50s, 60s and 70s. But over the last many years, I have seen about 20-30 patients every week in the 20-40 years age-group. Now we are even seeing children or adolescents with Diabetes. A sedentary lifestyle, moving away from our original food to western food styles, and consuming more processed, fast food, all lead to a rapid increase in body weight. Sleep deprivation is again a very common but important problem as are the stresses of life. All these things are contributing to the increase in prevalence of Diabetes in our country,” he added.