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
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Diabetes‚ once not a highly talked about disease‚ now has become a global epidemic. With the poor eating habits in the United States‚ more of the general population is being diagnosed with this disease daily. According to the American Diabetes Association‚ there are nearly 30 million people living with diabetes and another 86 million with pre-diabetes in the United States alone. Causes of diabetes may be due to genetics‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity‚ and hormonal diseases‚ along with the foods you
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types of diabetes. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Show of hands. How many of you all have or know someone with Diabetes? B. Reason to Listen: According to the “2013 Fast Fact Sheet” from the American Diabetes Association‚ nearly 26 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes‚ which is nearly 10% of the U.S. population. *exact facts are: 25.8 mil and 8.3% C. Credibility Statement: Almost all of my family on the mother’s side has had or are living with Diabetes. In 10th
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Diabetes; is it genetic or is it a social/environmental factor? The prevalence of diabetes in the UK. The prevalence of diabetes for all-age groups worldwide estimated for 2011 was 366 million and it is expected to affect 552 million people in 2030 (IDF‚ 2012). Diabetes prevalence is higher in men than women‚ but there are more women diagnosed with the disease than men (Wild el at.‚ 2004). The International Diabetes Federation (IDF‚ 2012) estimated that in 2011 the five countries with the largest
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TYPE 1 Diabetes Type 1 diabetes develops because the body’s immune system destroys beta cells in a part of the pancreas called the islet tissue. These beta cells produce insulin. So people with Type 1 diabetes can’t make their own insulin. Type 1 diabetes is what is known as a ’complex trait’‚ which means that mutations in several genes likely contribute to the disease. For example‚ it is now known that the insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (AiM1) locus on chromosome 6 may harbor at least one susceptibility
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Diabetes and Obesity; what are the risks for other disease. Dannie Goins University Composition and Communication 1 Dr. Shadia Gray June 21‚ 2013 Diabetes and Obesity; what are the risks for other diseases. (As of 2011‚ 25.8 million people‚ 8.3 percent of the U.S. population‚ are affected by diabetes.) Sadly out of 25.8 million people‚ 7 million people don’t even know that they have diabetes (http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes-facts/)
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person with type 2 diabetes things are different. Beta cells in a person who is just developing diabetes discharge to much insulin causing them to grow. Soon after this happens the body shuts down the beta cells causing the body to become insulin resistant. Diabetes is a problem with your body that causes blood glucose (sugar) levels to rise higher than normal. This also can be called hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. If you have type 2 diabetes your body does not
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Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Etiology of Diabetes Mellitus “Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion‚ insulin action‚ or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage‚ dysfunction‚ and failure of different organs‚ especially the eyes‚ kidneys‚ nerves‚ heart‚ and blood vessels.” (Association‚ National Center for Biotechnology Information ‚ 2009‚ p. 1) “The cause of type 1 and
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Q 1: Diabetes is the worldwide fastest increasing chronic disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have very high levels of diabetes. According to Australian Indigenous health info net (2016)‚ ATSI Australians have three times more likely to have diabetes compared to non-Indigenous Australians. Specifically‚ the number affect from diabetes in ATSI females are twice than non-Indigenous females. Diabetes can cause several serious health issues such as cardiovascular disease and
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Link between diabetes and depression Depression can strike anyone. It is becoming increasingly common in the general population. According to the World Federation for Mental Health‚ approximately one in four people will experience it at some time in their adult life. While it is normal to feel down from time to time‚ when feelings of sadness do not seem to go away or life seems hopeless‚ this can be a sign of depression which can be a serious problem. Though seemingly unrelated‚ studies have
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