Diabetes Nature vs Nuture
DIABETES
Genetic vs. Environmental
Gina Hume
Ivy Tech Community College – Northwest Indiana
July 20, 2011
DIABETES
Genetic vs. Environmental
Thesis: Is diabetes really a genetic disorder or could its causes lie in environmental factors?
I. Statistics from American Diabetes Association
A. 2006 number of cases
B. Current number of cases in 2011
C. Number of deaths annually
II. Define diabetes
A. Define type I diabetes
B. Define type II diabetes
C. First recorded case, 2nd century A.D.
III. Genetic Links
A. Research of Dr. Marian Rewers, M.D., PhD
B. Journal of Lipid Research
C. Children receive diabetic gene from both parents
IV. Environmental Links
A. Cambridge scientist link pesticides
B. Article in Diabetes Care air pollution
C. Diabetes prevalence in Southern states
D. Mice diagnosed with diabetes after being fed high saturated fat diet
DIABETES Genetic vs. Environmental For the past twenty years, the number of diabetes cases has nearly doubled across the globe. In North America alone the cases have been increasing substantially each year. The Centers for Disease Control has term this rapid increase an epidemic in North America. With these alarming rates of increase the question should now be raised, is diabetes really a genetic disorder or could its causes lie in some sort of environmental factors, unhealthy diets, inactive lifestyles, air pollution, pesticides , or a combination of these? Statistics According to the figures published by the American Diabetes Association, 15.7 million people in the United States had diabetes in 2006. Just five years later, in 2011, American Diabetes Association announced that there were nearly 25.8 million reported cases of diabetes in the United States. That is an increase of over ten million new reported cases of diabetes in America. This disease is the sixth
Genetic vs. Environmental
Gina Hume
Ivy Tech Community College – Northwest Indiana
July 20, 2011
DIABETES
Genetic vs. Environmental
Thesis: Is diabetes really a genetic disorder or could its causes lie in environmental factors?
I. Statistics from American Diabetes Association
A. 2006 number of cases
B. Current number of cases in 2011
C. Number of deaths annually
II. Define diabetes
A. Define type I diabetes
B. Define type II diabetes
C. First recorded case, 2nd century A.D.
III. Genetic Links
A. Research of Dr. Marian Rewers, M.D., PhD
B. Journal of Lipid Research
C. Children receive diabetic gene from both parents
IV. Environmental Links
A. Cambridge scientist link pesticides
B. Article in Diabetes Care air pollution
C. Diabetes prevalence in Southern states
D. Mice diagnosed with diabetes after being fed high saturated fat diet
DIABETES Genetic vs. Environmental For the past twenty years, the number of diabetes cases has nearly doubled across the globe. In North America alone the cases have been increasing substantially each year. The Centers for Disease Control has term this rapid increase an epidemic in North America. With these alarming rates of increase the question should now be raised, is diabetes really a genetic disorder or could its causes lie in some sort of environmental factors, unhealthy diets, inactive lifestyles, air pollution, pesticides , or a combination of these? Statistics According to the figures published by the American Diabetes Association, 15.7 million people in the United States had diabetes in 2006. Just five years later, in 2011, American Diabetes Association announced that there were nearly 25.8 million reported cases of diabetes in the United States. That is an increase of over ten million new reported cases of diabetes in America. This disease is the sixth
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