no more time for cooking and exercising. “ – states Michael Pollan (2008). Work and life balance has become a huge challenge. Stress and bad diet leads to diseases; one of them is diabetes. This research paper aims to investigate on a problem of obesity and diabetes, their causal. Also, the statistics on diabetes in Vietnam, UK, and US will be studied. What is Obesity? Mayo clinic describes obesity as a serious medical condition in which abundance of body fat accumulates to affect health
Diabetes Growing up, my family shared some of our best memories trying out new cuisines and desserts together to the point it became tradition. Unfortunately, this had to change once we found out my mother had type 2 diabetes. Shortly after my mother found out she had diabetes, we knew our family’s dietary habits needed to change. Diabetes is a group of metabolic conditions described as the body’s inability to produce or make use of insulin (Estes, 2012). The two most common forms of diabetes are
definition, diagnosis, classification and complications of Diabetes Mellitus (known commonly as simply Diabetes). Diabetes, the WHO reported, is a metabolic disorder resulting from the faulty secretion or action of insulin. It can cause severe long-term damage to various vital organs, and even possibly organ failure. There are two main types of Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 Diabetes develops most often during childhood or adolescence. Type 2 Diabetes is usually a result of obesity, lack of exercise and
Diabetes is characterized by very high levels of glucose in the blood. The hormone insulin helps the cells take up glucose from food. Insulin is produced from the Islets of Langerhans that are situated in the pancreas. The beta cells of the Islets secrete insulin and release it into the blood to create a conducive environment for glucose uptake. This disorder of glucose metabolism arises owing to either insufficient production of the hormone insulin or inability of the body to use the available
Diabetes mellitus is one of the common diseases of the hormonal system. Diabetes is a disease caused by a number of factors such as due to complete or partial loss of insulin production or complete or partial loss of its action or both. Whatever the type of diabetes, the main feature of all types of diabetes is elevated level of blood glucose termed as hyperglycemia. A disease forming alterations in capillary’s basement membrane thickening, elevation of matrix of vessel wall and proliferation cell
INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders which is characterized by hyperglycemia due to insulin deficiency or resistance or both reasons. (1) According to that diabetes mellitus can be divided as type I and type II. This is common and its incidence is rising, 171 million people had diabetes in 2000 it is expected this condition to be doubled in 2030. It is spread in all the countries and therefore has become a major burden upon healthcare facilities. (2) “To manage diabetes, patients
For the past 2000 years, diabetes has been a devastating and fatal disease. It was first documented around 1500 BCE by ancient Egyptians, who believed it to be an unusual condition in which a person urinated a lot and lost weight without trying. Doctors determined whether a person had diabetes or not by checking if their urine had a “sweet taste.” People diagnosed with diabetes would die within weeks or months because there were no treatment plans just yet, and their bodies did not produce enough
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) due to absolute (Type 1 diabetes) or relative (Type 2 diabetes) deficiency of insulin hormone (World Health Organization, 1999). Diabetes affects almost every organ system in the body due to metabolic problems caused by hyperglycemia, especially in undiagnosed or uncontrolled individuals (World Health Organization, 1999). Until recently it was believed that diabetes affected mainly developed
Diabetes Mellitus Michelle Hanley,2056 01/15/14 PTV ILIEANA ALANIZ Diabetes Mellitus is a very serious disease that can lead to many complications of the human body. There are two main types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. It is considered a chronic disease requiring lifelong behavioral and lifestyle changes. It has become a major health problem worldwide. DM is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from lack of insulin, insulin resistance, or both. When a person
According to ezinearticles.com, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in United States. So what is this rising epidemic that is destroying millions of lives? Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which a person has a high level of sugar in their blood. This means that the body is resistance to the insulin, the body does not produce enough insulin, or the body does not produce any insulin at all. The three main types of diabetes are Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational diabetes. There may be severe complications