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Healthy people has a variety of topics and goals. That’s why I choose Diabetes, because it has to do with a subject of my interest of study. The goal that the healthy people have for diabetics isto reduce the disease and improve the quality of life for all persons who have, or are at risk for diabetes. (DM occurs when the body cannot produce or respond appropriately to insulin. Insulin is ahormone that the body needs to absorb and use glucose as fuel for the body’s cells. Without a properly functioning insulin signaling system, blood glucose levels become elevated and other metabolicabnormalities occur, leading to the development of serious, disabling complications).(H.P.G.) There are three common types of diabetes , type 2, type 1 and gestational diabetes. Type 2 is classified aswhen your body has resistance to the action of insulin and insufficient insulin production. Type 1 is when the body loses its ability to produce insulin. Gestational Diabetes occurs during pregnancy;if you have diabetes during pregnancy the risk of you having diabetes type 1 or 2 are higher. The statistics of healthy people indicate the diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death. It also statesthat almost 25 percent of American are undiagnosed. Some of the risks that you have when you are diabetic are that you reduce the average life years almost by fifteen years, it increases the risk ofheart problems up to 4 times, is the leading cause of kidney failure, lower limb amputations, and it also leads to blindness and damaging to other organs of your body. Mentioning this above it seemslike nobody is being conscious about eating right and being healthy. Because each day the number of people being diagnosed with diabetes is higher. There are four things you can do to understanddiabetes:
1. Primary prevention: movement from no diabetes to diabetes
2. Testing and early diagnosis: movement from unrecognized to recognized diabetes
3. Access to care for all persons...