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Nikhil inamdar sent this report. one out of every ten of these people are diabetic and many more are on the cusp of it. rajni gupta's poorly controlled diabetes led to complications and eventually a foot amputation. she's now part of a grim statistic. every year, around 100,000 indians lose a foot from amputation. translation: i had never imagined i'd lose my foot. | what can one do? i have to live like this now. 0nce considered a rich man's disease, diabetes is now spreading to india's vast rural hinterland as consumption of processed foods goes up and lifestyles become more sedentary. many o...

To india, where the diabetic population has crossed a 100 million and gone up by over 40% injust the last four years, according to a recent study. the disease is now also spreading to small towns & villages — a trend that has grave health & economic consequences. 0ur india business correspondent nikhil inamdar sent this report. one out of every ten of these people are diabetic, and many more are on the cusp of it rapidly. ragini gupta's poorly controlled diabetes led to complications and eventually a foot amputation. she's now part of a grim statistic. every year, around 100,000 indians lose...

All those factors contributed to a type 2 diabetes. we can look after it and we can manage it. it is just another pill you will take. after managing his diabetes with medication for ten years but not making any other lifestyle changes, jeff's conditions began to decline. the most noticeable change was in his feet. >> one of those things that's not going to get any better. >> ian and anthony saw their father's health declining and felt him pulling away and if his feet continue to decline, he was facing a foot amputation.

>> after managing his diabetes with medication for 10 years but not making any other lifestyle changes, jeff's condition began to decline. the most notable change in his feet. >> by then, i knew, this is one of those things that isn't going to get better. that certainly wasn't going to get better. >> ian and anthony saw their father's health declining, felt him pulling away. his weight increasing. if his feet continued to decline, he was even facing a foot amputation. his sons decided to step in. being film makers, they thought a film journey would help hold everyone accountable. >> it was 13t...