and this disease can lead to much more serious actions, such as death or severe pain. The controversy is whether or not type-2 diabetes is a growing problem.
The main reason why it is a growing problem is because most people do not really feel or care about diabetes but people their life everyday while being diagnosed, in addition, the U.S. has the highest rates of overweight and obese americans. A law that relates to the controversy is Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act. This bill is designed to help those who are beginning to become diagnosed with prediabetes avoid becoming diagnosed with the disease. They will have access to nutritional advice on how to control the condition. The increase of life expectancy in parallel with increasing risk of developing type-2 diabetes with advancing age is a significant driver of the diabetes epidemic (Dardano). As the ages of people increase, they will have a higher chance of being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. It is more likely to become diagnosed with the disease at an older age . Ageing population is a growing problem and an important risk factor for several chronic disease such as diabetes (Dardano). If diabetes is being diagnosed on most people as they get older, then it means it is a deadly disease and it should be taken seriously to stop it from happening. The reasons why type-2 diabetes should be acknowledged in the U.S. is because it is a growing problem, it can increase health complications for those who are diagnosed, and the disease can lead to death or severe
actions. One of the reasons why it should be acknowledged is because it is a growing problem. Showing that elderly patients, aged 70 years and over, account for 50% of the type- 2 diabetic population (Dardano). There is a higher possibility that people that are 70 years of age or older will become diagnosed with the disease and will have risks throughout their last years of life. Type-2 diabetes is nearing epidemic proportions in the United States, according to diabetes experts, due to an increased number of older Americans and a greater prevalence of obesity and sedentary lifestyles (Lewis). The United States is suffering from many cases of people being diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, it is starting to become a growing problem which will later on lead to a much more dramatic rate of diabetes increasing. Another reason why type-2 diabetes should be acknowledged is because of health complications. Health complications meaning being overweight or controlling the disease. Being overweight causes the human body to produce or contain large amounts of sugar or affecting your metabolic system. Research has indicated that people who keep their blood sugar levels within individual target ranges set by their doctors stand a good chance of reducing the risk of complications from diabetes (Lewis). Keeping a healthy lifestyle reduces the chance of becoming diagnosed. Type-2 diabetes is a serious condition in a human’s daily life. Once you are diagnosed there is no cure for disease it can only be controlled. The United States should inform the people and enlighten them with the ideas of reducing the risks of diabetes. People need to take it into consideration that it is a growing problem and can lead to so much worse damage. Children are starting to become diagnosed as well, the reason for that is either because it runs through the family or there is no motivation to stop the growing of diabetes. The counterargument is that people can not understand how important this can impact your life as you get older, it can hit you at anytime. This disease is underrated because of young adults do not usually get it but as you get older it can lead to serious damage. Another reason why it is not cared for is because this disease is not like others, meaning it does not harm anyone during the process, so it slowly creeps up on those who are prediabetic and do not realize. Why is this counterargument weak? It is weak because diabetes will affect the human body in many ways by ending its life or having health complications. Having diabetes can also lead to a child or sister or brother or anybody having it as well. There are possibilities while being overweight as well and of course aging. Once someone is a certain age everything hits them at once, loss of muscle mass, loss of weight, and it makes the body vulnerable to many different types of diseases.