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Diabetes Type 2 Research Paper

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There are a number of diseases that have increasingly become prevalent in contemporary society. For a variety of different reasons, chronic diseases like obesity, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/Aids, and diabetes have shown alarming growth trends. The World Health Organization reports that there are approximately 422 million adults worldwide that are diagnosed with diabetes (World Health Organization 2003). In fact, diabetes type 2 has begun to grow at an alarming rate among developing countries who have incorporated a more western diet and whose lives have increasingly become more sedentary (World Health Organization 2003). Sugar is an important compound that allows the body to use this source as fuel. Not being able to process sugar can lead to a variety of problems. When an individual consumes sugar, the body turns it into glucose that enters the blood. The pancreas then produces a hormone called insulin that allows the body to process that glucose in the blood opening cell receptors and allowing the cells to be energized by the glucose (Boaz 2002). When the body cannot use the glucose in the blood this leads to diabetes. There are two types of diabetes, diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. Diabetes type 1 is a genetic disease where the pancreas does not produce insulin. Because the pancreas cannot produce insulin, glucose (sugar) cannot power the cells, since it needs the hormone insulin to do so (Boaz 2002). The high glucose in the blood can lead to …show more content…

Common ways used to asses’ diabetes is through blood glucose meters. The blood glucose meter is a small device that pricks your finger in order to draw your blood and analyzes the glucose present in the blood (Guell 2012). This will allow individuals to asses whether they are diabetic or not. Furthermore, doctors recommend people regulate their diets and weight and engage in physical activity in order to prevent diabetes from

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