COM 115 – Public Speaking Informative Speech Outline Topic: Diabetes Purpose: To inform my audience members about diabetes‚ the complications of diabetes‚ and what they can do to prevent diabetes from happening or how they can manage and maintain a healthy lifestyle if they are currently living with diabetes. Introduction I. Show of hands‚ how many of you know someone who has diabetes? Need/Connection II. According to the National Diabetes Report‚ 2014 from the centers for disease control and prevention
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Diabetes- current epidemiology and measuring variables at a local level Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is not classed as single disorder as it represents a series of conditions associated with high blood sugar which are cased in turn by defects in insulin secretion or the effectiveness of insulin or both. It is usually diagnosed by evidence of hyperglycaemia in a fasting state (>7.1 mmol/l plasma glucose) or threw an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT)( >11.1mmol/l plasma glucose)
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Did you know that diabetes can cause severe health complications and even death? Well I didn’t quite know that until today. Over 29.1 people have diabetes‚ that’s about 1 out of every 11 person in this world. Having diabetes can be extremely dangerous‚ with that being said in the United States diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death. Some of the complications include blindness‚ heart disease‚ and kidney failure. If you experience frequent urination‚ excessive thirst‚ unexplained weight loss
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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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An Essay Written by Rexielyn Saldua de Luna Submitted to Mrs. Veronica Dela Peña Outline Thesis Statement: Doctors and scientist think diabetes may be caused by viruses‚ a body’s abnormal immune response‚ and over eating. I. Types of Viruses that causes Diabetes: a. Enteric virus b. Coxsackie virus c. Epstein-Barr virus d. Cytomegalovirus e. herpes virus f. Mumps g. German measles I. Abnormal Immune Response like: a. Slow healing of cuts and wounds
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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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