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    diseases. What is diabetes? (1 point) It is a disease in which an individual will have higher blood sugar than normal. Diabetes can be serious and lead to other issues. 2). List the the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes? Type 1- No insulin is being made in the body / occurring more in children, teens and young adults. Type 2- the body does not allow the insulin to be used/ occurring in adults and obese individuals. 3). What are the risk factors for Type 2 diabetes? Include both modifiable

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    will be mostly explaining what type 2 diabetes is and the science behind it why type 2 diabetes is an issue and how diet and exercise affects the risk of getting type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is an issue because it cannot be cured. So if someone with type 2 diabetes cannot control it, they could start develop a number of long term health complications. Another reason this is a growing problem in New Zealand is because Maoris have a 14.19% chance of getting type 2 diabetes, Pacific Islanders have a 11.66%

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    If either of your parents have type 2 diabetes there's a one in five chance you'll also get it, but it is possible to prevent the onset by being physically active and eating a healthy diet. Reduce your risk Exercise regularly. Just 30 minutes of physical activity five times a week and losing as little as 5 percent of your body weight can slash your diabetes risk by more than half. To increase the benefits of exercise, try resistance training

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    PROPER NUTRITION AND TYPE 2 DIABETES Today, the spread of the chronic disease of Diabetes is overwhelming and continues to grow at an alarming rate across the country and the world. Understanding proper nutrition for people with type 2 diabetes will assist in the fight, to prevent and delay the progression of this vicious disease. This paper is about the connection between nutrition and type 2 diabetes. Proper nutrition plays a key role in delaying type 2 diabetes and complications associated

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    Impact on Health In fact, Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the US and the leading cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult-onset blindness, (CDC, 2015). Patient diagnosed with diabetes have increased risks of comorbidities and death over those without Diabetes. Without weight loss and moderate physical activity, 15% to 30% of those with pre-diabetes will develop diabetes within 5 years. Ongoing patient self-management education and support are critical to reducing

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    Type 2 Diabetes. For the health and wellbeing fayre I joined a group of 6.The topic we have chosen to do for our Health Fayre event was Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a disease which develops when insulin producing cells in the body are unable to produce enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes often appears from the age of 25 but year by year more children are becoming diagnosed. Out of all the three types of diabetes, Diabetes type 2 accounts for 85%-95% of them. There

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    CLASS IV: THIAZOLIDINEDIONES Type 2 diabetes is mainly associated with abnormalities in any of the following 3 basic pathophysiologic abnormalities: • Impaired insulin secretion • Excessive hepatic glucose production • Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, liver and adipose tissue.9 The thiazolidinediones are a unique class of agents that improve the third parameter, and are therefore also called as the “Insulin sensitizers”. Insulin resistance syndrome also called as Syndrome X is caused by a

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    can cure type 2 diabetes diet and avoid carbs. And if you do not believe me, let me explain, and try it yourself 4 weeks. You can be cured! Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes. It occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. The body needs insulin to use glucose energy. Without insulin the cells will eventually be starved of energy and over time, high blood sugar can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart. And the American Diabetes Association

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    Introduction The purpose of this project is explaining the diagnosis of diabetes to those parents whose children suffer from this problem and various other ways in which they can take care of them. This paper will be more about health education on treating diabetes as a disease if attacks the children. (Diabetes: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments) Diabetes or diabetes mellitus, commonly referred by the doctors are a group of metabolic diseases where the person suffers from very high blood glucose

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    associated with Type II Diabetes: Factsheet Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a condition that is rapidly becoming epidemic and is expected to grow in the futures unless steps are taken to address the disease.1 • Diabetes is widely considered to be one of the main diseases afflicting the endocrine system in terms of prevalence. 2 • It is currently estimated that there are around “26 million people in the United States and 366 million people worldwide” that have the affliction know as type 2 diabetes. 1 • This

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