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Health Problem Of Diabetes And Obesity

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Public Health Problem Diabetes is a deficiency in the body’s ability to metabolize sugar. Insulin is the hormone which typically regulates this process. There are two types of diabetes. The first is type 1. This is caused due to a failure in the insulin producing cells of the pancreas and is diagnosed when a person is young. Type 2 diabetes is the more common diabetes. It can be diagnosed at any time and occurs when blood glucose levels begin to rise higher than normal. This is also called hyperglycemia. When your body first starts to experience this rise in blood glucose levels, your pancreas makes extra insulin in hopes to make up for it. However, this is a difficult process and it becomes too much for the body to keep up. Diabetes …show more content…

If people aren’t willing to make lifestyle changes, the future of diabetes does not look bright. The etiological factors of type 1 diabetes are that the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas. Possible causes of this could be genes and environmental factors such as viruses. The etiological factors of type 2 diabetes are lifestyle behaviors and rarely genes. How to Solve the Problem There is still no evidence of any way to prevent or cure type 1 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes are prescribed insulin because their bodies don’t produce it naturally and there are over 20 types of insulin sold in the United States. However, there is still no surgery that can cure this type of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes goes hand in hand with obesity. Because of this, public health’s approach is mostly preventative. However, there are procedures and medication that can be taken once a person is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. If a person who is overweight loses a significant amount of their body weight, they lower their risk for being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes greatly. In order to prevent type 2 diabetes, a person should eat a proper, well rounded diet and exercise regularly. Bariatric surgery can be considered for adults with a BMI above 35, but it is not considered a cure. There are two bariatric surgery options. The first option is gastric bypass surgery which shrinks the stomach. In doing this, the path food takes through

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