Obesity is a leading cause of Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes raises the risk of kidney failure‚ blindness‚ stroke and heart disease. If untreated‚ diabetes may even result in the loss of a limb. In today’s modern society‚ more children are being exposed to an increased risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes than ever before. The changes in technology‚ population growth and economy have had a large effect on their lives and ability to
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Diabetes affects the body’s ability to use blood sugar for energy. The main types of diabetes include type 1 diabetes‚ type 2 diabetes‚ and gestational diabetes. A person with uncontrolled diabetes can run into a lot of problems later in life. If not controlled‚ diabetes can put you at risk for a multitude of complications that can affect nearly every organ in the body. These organs may include‚ the heart and blood vessels‚ the eyes‚ the kidneys‚ the nerve endings‚ and also the gums and teeth. Later
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Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes By Scott Roberts Introduction Diabetes is one of America’s most troubling medical issues‚ with over 23.6 million children and adults in the United States currently diagnosed with it. Food and lifestyle choices are fundamental to diabetes care. The role of the dietitian in the treatment of diabetes’ patients is crucial not only while in the hospital‚ but in the continued management after they are discharged. A thorough nutritional assessment should
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Abstract Diabetes is prevalent among the elderly Latino community. The process of accepting and acknowledging the seriousness of having this condition can have a mental effect on the elder. There are factors that need to be taken into account that will change for the typical Latino elder living in the central valley. Since much of the Latino community in the central valley works in agriculture‚ income is low and adherence to medication becomes difficult. Economic factors directly affect their health
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Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Gordon State College March 13‚ 2013 NURS 1901 Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Whether a patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes makes no difference when it comes to the effects on wound care. Several problems arise with diabetics and the way there body works to heal a wound and what problems they face. Throughout all of the articles I reviewed they each list common issues patients face with wound healing. There are several
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should be given at schools about type 2 diabetes to reduce their chance of getting type 2 diabetes in the future. I have chosen this question because Type 2 diabetes is becoming a big concern in New Zealand as we have one of the highest rates in the world that has type 2 diabetes. Also‚ this ailment is a concern to me personally because my family has a blood line of type 2 Diabetes. In this report‚ I will be thoroughly explaining the ideas of: what type 2 diabetes are‚ how the numbers of children and
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The causes and effects of diabetes Type 1 diabetes causes Type 1 diabetes is caused by the immune system destroying the cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This causes diabetes by leaving the body without enough insulin to function normally. This is called an autoimmune reaction‚ or autoimmune cause‚ because the body is attacking itself. There is no specific diabetes causes‚ but the following triggers may be involved: • Viral or bacterial infection • Chemical toxins within food • Unidentified
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was for developing diabetes. With diabetes‚ there are two different types‚ Type 1 and Type 2. The health risk assessment I took was for Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is where the level of sugar or glucose in the blood is abnormally high. Also the level of insulin can be low‚ normal‚ or high. The problem with this is that the body does not respond properly to the insulin; the body becomes partially resistant to the effects of insulin. Insulin resistance develops in type 2 diabetes long before the blood
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Dumb Diabetes It all started last summer‚ when Mom and I were in LL Bean. For those of you who don’t know‚ my hometown of Freeport Maine‚ is the head quarters of all LL Bean stores. It’s a huge complex of stores‚ including a giant hiking boot out front. There are a lot of kids’ areas‚ so that the parents can shop‚ while their kids are playing. Anyways‚ it was August 25. Just an average day in the life of Marielle (that’s me). “How much longer Mom?” I whined. Until‚ that life changing moment‚ I had
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Diabetes is something that not only affects older people‚ but also affects younger people as well. It does not matter what age you are‚ it can happen to anyone. My focus is to introduce the different types of diabetes‚ and how we can decrease the number of people that develop it. There are several types of diabetes that I would like to discuss ‚ Gestational diabetes‚ type 2 diabetes and finally‚ diabetes type 1. The first one that I would like to discuss is gestational diabetes. In this type
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