Synthesis/Summary of Evidence Based Practice Articles
Introduction
A life-long disease, diabetes tends to affect the way an individual’s body handles blood glucose. In essence, type 2 diabetes happens to be the most prevalent kind of diabetes. It is important to note that various research studies have been undertaken in the past in an attempt to not only figure out the risk factors of diabetes, but also assess the best approaches towards the management of the same. This text concerns itself with three articles focusing on type 2 diabetes. In so doing, it will uncover the various risk factors for type 2 diabetes, assess the management of type 2 diabetes (with a bias on the appropriate diet), and evaluate the most appropriate nutritional choices to be made in relation to older people with diabetes.
Discussion
Ley, Korat, Sun, Tobias, Zhang, Qi, Willett, Manson, and Hu (2016), provide critical data on not only the role diet plays in the development of type 2 diabetes, but also the role other factors such as genetics, biomarkers, as well as lifestyle in the same. According to Ley et al. (2016), the number of adults living with diabetes in the world is estimated to be 415 million. As the authors further point out, this is a figure expected to rise to 642 million within the next two decades. In that regard, therefore, the relevance of implementing the appropriate interventions to rein in the situation cannot be overstated. Tay, Luscombe-Marsh, Thompson, Noakes, Buckley, Wittert, Yancy, and Brinkworth (2015) are of the opinion that to combat diabetes, which has become a global epidemic, there is a need to not only formulate but also implement effective strategies. Unger (2013) is of the opinion that the condition ought to be considered a critical public health concern. Today, “nearly 12% of global health expenditures are devoted to diabetes-related treatments, and the United States alone accounted for $348 billion in 2015” (Ley et al., 2016, p. 1624).
Some of the risk factors for type 2 diabetes identified by the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) include diet, adiposity, as well as other lifestyle factors. With regard to adiposity, which is in essence a severe obese condition, Ley et al. (2016) are of the opinion that this remains the most prominent risk factor with regard to diabetes, as per the NHS cohorts. In this case, “type 2 diabetes risk rose as excessive body fat increased, starting from the lower end of a...
References
Ley, S.H., Korat, A.V., Sun, Q., Tobias, D.K., Zhang, C., Qi, L., Willett, W.C., Manson, J.E. & Hu, F.B. (2016). Contribution of the Nurses' Health Studies to Uncovering Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes: Diet, Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Genetics. American Journal of Public Health, 106(9), 1624-1630.
Phillips, A., & Phillips, S. (2014). Diabetes in Older People: Making the Right Nutritional Choices. Nursing & Residential Care, 16(7), 372-376.
Tay, J., Luscombe-Marsh, N.D., Thompson, C.H., Noakes, M., Buckley, J.D., Wittert, G.A., Yancy, W.S. & Brinkworth, G.D. (2015). Comparison of Low- and High-Carbohydrate Diets for Type 2 Diabetes Management: A Randomized Trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 102(4), 780–790.
Unger, J. (2013). Diabetes Management in Primary Care (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
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