Informative Speech Outline On Diabetes

LuHua (Lucy) Hung
COMM107
Dr. Epkins
Informative Speech Outline

I. Introduction
a. Attention Getter: There is always someone or something that people are crazy for. This is a thing that people are craving for though out their lives and have always wanted it more. This is the redolent taste of sugar. Once the body gets exceed the amount of sugar that it can embrace, then here comes the diabetes.
i. Class statistics:
55% of the classmate knows someone, either friends or family who lives with diabetes. ii. According to the National Diabetes Report of 2014 that 9.3% of the American population have diabetes (Center for Disease control, 2014)

b. Personal Credibility: My father and my grandmother were diagnosed with diabetes.
i. They love to eat sweet stuff, not just sweet fruits, but very sweet desserts
ii.
Imagine that you have to watch out on every single thing that you are eating, if you have diabetes.

c. Central Idea/ thesis:
i. Today, I want to inform the class of the different types of diabetes, signs of diabetes, and the consequence of having diabetes (co-exist conditions)

II. Body
a. Different types of Diabetes
i. Type 1 diabetes
1. This is also known as the juvenile diabetes.
2. This type of diabetes usually happened in children or young adults
3. Only 5% of the entire population of people who got diagnosed with diabetes
(American Diabetes Association, 2014) ii. Type 2 diabetes
1. Other word for type two diabetes is noninsulin- dependent diabetes.
2. This is the most common diabetes which onset through adulthood
3. It is a chronic condition that affects the way the body metabolizes the sugar into energy (Mayo Clinic 2014)

b. Signs of diabetes: Diabetes warning signs and symptoms
i. Warning signs
1. Frequent urination
2. Excessive thirst
3. Increase hunger ii. Symptoms
1. Frequent Infection
2. Slow Healing wounds
3. Vomiting and stomach pain
(International Diabetes Federation, 2014)
c. Consequences/ Co-exist Conditions
i. Diabetes affect many parts of the
body
1. Heart
2. Blood Streams
3. Kidney ii. Co-exist Conditions
1. Heart disease
2. Stroke
3. Kidney failure leads to dialysis
(Centers of Disease Control, 2014)
III. Conclusion
a. Summary
I. Diabetes is a disease, but can be under controlled.
II. Cost of diabetes and related diseases are expected to be double in the next 25 years (Huang, Basu, O’Grady, &Capretta, 2009)
b. Other statistics
I. Diabetes remain the 7th leading cause of death for American society as of 2010
II. In 2012, 86 million of American age 20 and over have had prediabetes
(American Diabetes Association, 2014)
c. Clincher
I. Famous celebrity chef Paula Deen was diagnosed with type two diabetes and had said, “diabetes is not a death sentence.”
II. Diabetes is diagnose properly and treated, the person can live a normal life

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014).
National Diabetes Statistics Report: Estimates of Diabetes and Its
Burden in the United States, 2014. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/statsreport14/national-diabetes-report-web.pdf

American Diabetes Association. (2014). Type 1 Diabetes. American Diabetes Association. Retrieved from, http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/

Mayo Clinic. (2014). Diseases and Condition: Type 2 Diabetes. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Retrieved from, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/basics/definition/con-20031902

International Diabetes Federation. (2014). Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes. International Diabetes Federation. Retrieved from, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-2-diabetes/basics/definition/con-20031902

Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, Anirban Basu, PHD1, Michael O'Grady, PHD and James C. Capretta, MA. (2009). Projecting the Future Diabetes Population Size and Related Costs for the U.S. American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Journal. Retrieved from, http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/12/2225.full
American Diabetes Association. (2014). Statistics About Diabetes: Overall numbers, Diabetes and Prediabetes. American Diabetes Association. Retrieved from, http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/