Diabetes: Causes and Effects
Have you ever been feeling tired and listless lately? Do you have a persistent need to drink fluids all the time? Have you been losing or gaining an enormous amount of weight lately? In 1999, I began to feel very weak while taking a shower one day. I started to feel symptoms that made me think I was having another stroke; however, when ambulance arrived, one of the technicians knew that it was diabetes and not a stroke. Although, diabetes can lead to stroke, kidney failure, or heart disease, which is amongst the top ten leading causes of death in the America. Diabetes can lead to many serious conditions that have the potential of being life threatening. Diabetes can be developed by obesity, lack of exercise, and heredity.
Diabetes can result from obesity; therefore, obesity is caused by a poor diet. Eating too much food that is extremely unhealthy for the body is a contributing factor in the development of diabetes; foods such as: fried greasy foods, foods with high calories and carbohydrates. According to a study led by Jamey Marth, “High levels of fat shut down a key enzyme that promotes glucose sensing in pancreatic beta cells-revealing a pathway implicated in the Type 2 diabetes epidemic” (Bushman and Foulsham, 2011). Those who are obese have a high body mass index; therefore, one would have high levels of fat cells in one’s body. These fat cells lead to the development of diabetes. Obesity is brought on by many factors; however, poor diet and lack of exercise seems to be the leading causes to the contribution to the onset of diabetes.
Lack of exercise is a contributing factor in the development of diabetes in humans and animals. “It’s not that the food you eat is unimportant, but when it comes t...
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Diabetes is one of the leading cause in deaths among Americans. According to the American Diabetes Association there is said to be at least 25.8 million people in the United States with a case of diabetes. Nearly 7.0 million of these cases happen to be undiagnosed. Diabetes, also known as the silent killer, is a metabolism disorder. It is when the pancreas is not able to produce any or a certain amount of insulin. Insulin needs to be produced so that glucose can be properly transported through the body. Cells need glucose for energy and growth. A concerned nation has demanded that something be done to prevent cases of undiagnosed or misdiagnosed diabetes (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/).
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The links between obesity and diabetes are well recognized worldwide as obesity continues to be a significant public health burden especially among children and adolescents in the United States. Research says that almost one-third of children and adolescents are classified as overweight or obese. The potential roles of the vicious cycle are seen in the context of current trends in obesity and Type 2
Diabetes and uncontrolled sugar levels is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and the number one cause of adult onset blindness, lower limb amputations and kidney failure (healthy people citation). Additionally, those diagnosed diabetes have an amplified risk of having a heart attack and an overall increased mortality rate, both of which are proportional to 1.8 times greater than those not afflicted with diabetes (Healthy people). Obviously, without proper glycemic control, these number can be a much higher ratio; consequently, it is imperative proper health promotion measures are
The first evidence of diabetes was found on an early Egyptian manuscript from 1500 BCE, however; it is only in the last 200 years that we understand what is happening at the cellular level in a diabetic individual (Polansky, 2012). We now know that diabetes is a complex disorder of genetic, chemical, and lifestyle factors that contribute to the body’s inability to utilize glucose for energy and cellular functions (ADA, 2013).
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As a little enlightenment on obesity, overweight and obesity result from an imbalance involving excessive calorie consumption and/or inadequate physical activity (Buchholz 5). The increases in overweight and obesity cut across all ages, racial and ethnic groups, and both genders. This increase stems from a variety of factors, primarily more consumption of calories and less vigorous activity. Obesity greatly increases the risk of developing many serious medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, osteoarthritis, metabolic syndrome, sleep apnea, and certain forms of cancer (Davis 270). In 1999, 13% of children age 6 to 11 and 14% of adolescents age 12 to 19 were overweight. This prevalence has nearly...
Crawford, A., Cole, C., Couto, J., Daskiran, M., Gunnarsson,C., Haas, K., & Schuett, R. (2010). Prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and high blood pressure in the United States: findings from the GE Centricity Electronic Record database. Population Health Management, 13(3), 151-161.
Although many individuals are uncertain about the increasing statistics associated with obesity, more than seventy percent of men and virtually sixty-two percent of women within the United States adult population are overweight or obese (Wilmore, Costill, & Kenney). Obesity refers to the condition of having an excessive amount of body fat. If an individual’s amount of body fat becomes too excessive, he/she is at a much greater risk of developing life-altering diseases such as heart failure, hypertension, type II diabetes, cancer, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, etc. (Wilmore, et al., 2008).
Glucose is a sugar that plays a big part in a human’s health and well-being. This sugar is a major source of energy for the body’s brain and cells. The Cells that receive energy from glucose help in the building of the body’s muscle and tissue. Although glucose may be important to the body too much of this sugar can cause a chronic condition called Diabetes. Diabetes, also known as Diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition that is caused by too much sugar in the blood. This condition can affect all age groups. In fact, in 2010 a survey was taken by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, on the number of newly diagnosed diabetes. Out of 1,907,000 people: 24.38% were ages 20-44, 55.17% were ages 45-64, and 20.45% were ages 65 and greater. Diabetes is a very serious condition, and it can be deadly if left untreated. This paper will help better educate the reader on the signs and symptoms, the testing process, and the management of diabetes.
One of the biggest conditions that have plagued not only my family but most of American is type 2 diabetes. Unlike type 1, this type of diabetes isn’t hereditary and can develop in anyone. WebMD states, “either their pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body cannot use the insulin well enough. This is called insulin resistance” to describe what occurs in individuals with this type of disease (WebMD). Insulin—which is used in our bodies to regulate and process carbohydrates, fats, and sugars—is either lacking in their bodies or is not being used properly this causes a buildup of glucose in their bodies. According to WebMD this can damage to the body as the sugar levels can damage a person’s heart, kidneys, and other organs or even blocking arteries leading to a heart attack (WebMD). Another thing that may occur is a diabetic coma in which the individual becomes too dehydrated because of the sugar and enters a coma. Personally, in my family many have Type 2 diabetes like my father...
Many people might spend their time or free time watching TV, or playing video games, which is a form of inactivity, and that might lead the person to become obese, in this case children are the most people who might exposed to it. A study was made in the USA, children who engaged in the least vigorous physical activity or the most television viewing to
Obesity is a public health issue due to the complications it leads to later in life. Obese individuals are more susceptible in obtaining health problems such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, therefore have a higher risk of mortality (WHOgoogle). Yet not only is obesity a problem of the individual but of society as well. In 2008 US spent an estimated cost of $147 billion on medical cost of obesity, almost a 70 billion dollar increase since 1998(CDC). Both the detrimental health issues it leads a too and the excessive amount of cost it causes, obesity is epidemic that must be addressed.
As mentioned in our discussion during Week Two, obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. With obesity comes an onslaught of chronic illnesses, in particular, diabetes. The American Diabetes Association defines diabetes mellitus as "a condition characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from the body's inability to use blood glucose for energy." An article from Nutrition Action Health Letter called "Tip of the Iceberg", discusses a new problem that is now plaguing the American population. On the surface, we know that 29 million American adults have diabetes but what is staggering is that, according to Dr. Edward Gregg, Chief of the Epidemiology and Statistics Branch in the Division of Diabetes Translation at Centers for Disease Control, "There’s a fairly large proportion— roughly 28 percent—of adults with diabetes who don’t know it... And then you have a third of the adult population that’s at very high risk for diabetes. And the vast majority of people with prediabetes don’t know that they have it."
Livestrong, a health-issues magazine, reported that our environment and daily routine influence obesity in the sense that people have become inactive. Inactivity can be based on two factors; physical factors and emotional factors3.