Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Case Study

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The best epidemiological terminology that bet support the importance of the implementation of evidence-based promotion class project on type-2 diabetes mellitus will be the prevalence and the attributary risk factors. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of metabolic disorder that is caused by numerous risk factors, such as obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and poor dietary intake. Diabetes mellitus has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality among different ethnic population (Okosun &Lyn, 2014). Understanding the scale of the prevalence, risk factors, and the impacts of the disease; Type 2 diabetes on individuals and the population will help the advanced practice nurses in the clinical settings in the assessment and implementation

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