Diabetes Handout
Diabetes was chosen as a topic because of the high percentage of the population that it affects coupled with the fact that it is a relatively preventable disease for most people. It is estimated that nearly five and a half million people in New York City, about a third of the population, have prediabetes, diabetes, and/or diabetes-associated cardiovascular diseases and similar frequencies have been noted throughout the Western world. Diabetes has become the leading cause of death in the region accounting for roughly two-thirds of the deaths and the rates of diabetes has lead this trend to be referred to as the diabetes epidemic (Frieden, 2006). There are a range of different factors that can lead to diabetes but the two main culprits are an improper diet and lack of exercise.
Furthermore, this condition is not reserved for only adults. The number of children who have diagnosed with diabetes is also on the rise. Furthermore, if a child becomes diabetic then there is a strong chance that they fight diabetes throughout adulthood (Dietz & Bellizzi, 1999). There are also research that suggests that the onset of diabetes has environmental influences and parents can transfer nutritional patterns to their children early in life. Some research even suggests that that there is a biological...
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