Diabetes Type II in Adults

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This paper discusses the major risk factors in Type 2 diabetes as well as the increase in the incidence of this form of diabetes. The paper first looks at the complications caused by diabetes and explores the medical treatments available. Next, the paper describes a study that found that exercise and weight loss were twice as effective as the action of medications. The effects of diet, exercise and natural cures in the treatment and prevention of diabetes are then discussed. The paper refers to the Healthy People 2010 initiative that plans to improve the health of the people of America in the 21st century by using Erik Erickson's developmental theory to accomplish its objectives.

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"Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas to bring glucose to the cells so the body can use it for energy (University of Maryland Medical Center 2008). If this does not happen, the body has nothing to use for its functions. Diabetes develops. There are many types of diabetes. The most common are type 1 insulin-dependent, type 2 non-insulin-dependent and gestational diabetes. Type 2 is lifelong and characterized by high sugar levels trapped in the blood instead of flowing into the cells. This type develops when the body does not respond correctly to insulin. It is often accompanied by obesity and insulin resistance. Because the cells are not getting the needed insulin, the pancreas produces more and more until sugar levels build up abnormally in the blood. This condition is called hyperglycemia."

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