It's a swimming pool in the heart of Colombo 7, the NCC to be exact, and in the last lane instead of swimming one person is walking, gingerly raising his feet, one step at a time while another is jogging in the water.
One in five adults has either diabetes or pre-diabetes and one-third of those with diabetes are undiagnosed, reveals one of the first nation-wide studies to be conducted in Sri Lanka. This has startling implications for the spread of the disease here.