Diabetes Prevention

There's a 200% increase in hospital admissions because kids have type 2 diabetes!!!!

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What are the risk factors for Diabetes?
Risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes include older age, obesity, family history of Diabetes, prior history of Gestational Diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, physical inactivity, and race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for Type 2 Diabetes.

Risk factors are less well defined for Type 1 Diabetes than for Type 2 Diabetes, but autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved in developing this type of Diabetes.

In real life, 13-year-old Kamaal Washington — one of the creators of the Dr. Diabetes comic book character — faces his own battle with diabetes. The Kansas City, Kan., teen said the adventures he and his 11-year-old brother, Malcolm, capture in their comic books are meant to spread awareness about the disease and empower those who have it.

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There are many sources of information about medical devices and procedures including information on the Internet from health care organizations, medical centers, and consumer organizations. One accurate source of information about the risks and benefits of the product is the patient labeling prepared by the manufacturer and reviewed by FDA. Patient labeling is available for many of the devices listed in the premarket approval database.

A recent study funded by the Federal government of 3,234 persons at high risk for Diabetes showed that diet and Exercise can sharply lower the risk of getting Type 2 Diabetes.

The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) was a major clinical study of ways to prevent or delay Diabetes in persons at high risk for Type 2 Diabetes. Patients were overweight and had higher than normal levels of blood glucose, called impaired glucose tolerance. Both conditions are strong risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes. Because of the high risk among some minority groups, about half of the DPP participants were African American, American Indian, Asian American, Pacific Islander, or Hispanic.

Although researchers don't fully understand why some persons get Diabetes and others don't, it is clear that certain factors increase your risk. You are at risk for having Diabetes if:

• Your mother, father, sister, or brother has Diabetes;
• You are African American, Hispanic American/Latino, American Indian, Native Alaskan, Asian American, or Pacific Islander;
• You have high blood pressure (at or above 130/80);
• You have a history of Diabetes during pregnancy or gave birth to a baby weighing more than nine pounds at birth;

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are too high. Cells in the body break down glucose in order to provide energy for movement, growth, and repair. The hormone insulin is responsible for regulating glucose levels in the blood. Abnormally high levels of glucose can damage the small and large blood vessels, leading to Diabetic blindness, kidney disease, amputations of limbs, stroke, and heart disease.