American Diabetes Association

children who are born to mothers that are over weight or above the average height and weight charts, increases a toddler or a preschooler’s risks for being obese. It also raises their risks for health diseases like cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes and such at a younger age in their childhood. Go ahead and try calculating your BMI. Childhood obesity is so important today because this is the health of our children. Our children are our future. If we don’t try and help to treat these…

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In the United States, a devastating water crisis is occurring. Water in the town of Flint, Michigan has been contaminated with toxic substances, resulting in residents getting sick. The problem originated from a water rehabilitation project when officials decided to build a pipeline in order to draw water from Lake Huron. However, the pipeline became too expensive and was never finished. Instead officials elected to draw municipal water from the Flint River instead. Sadly, the Flint River…

One of the many strategies that the nurse can use to provide chances for effective communication would be to determine whether RJ would prefer a professional interpreter. Although RJ goes to elementary school, English is still her second language which is why she should be given the option of communicating through the help of an interpreter. Furthermore, through the help of a professional interpreter the chances of falsely communicating health care related information are undeniably lowered…

unable to take care of themselves. There are many factors that contributes to the rise of obesity in the United States such as, social economic, life style and education. Obesity contributes to many of other life threatening diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease and high cholesterol which are some of the health problem that was identified in the windshield survey. According to the article, Treatment Strategies for Overweight and obesity “In the United States, 66% of…

For the past two decades or so, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese children, adolescents, and adults. Nearly, 32% of American children in between the age of two and nineteen are considered obese (Witters 1). In its most basic terms, obesity is defined as weight range exceeding what is considered healthy for an individual of given height. Obesity is subject to factors such as genetics, social lifestyles, consumption of less healthy foods, and the lack of breastfeeding…

I. Introduction: S.V. was born in Oaxaca, Mexico on September 12, 1928. She was the oldest sibling out of 10 brothers and sisters. She moves to Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca when she was 16 years old, it was there where she met her husband. S.V. currently lives with her son in Des Plaines, Ill. She dressed very conservative; she has on a long black skirt, a long sleeve navy blue blouse and on top has a black shall. She mentioned to me that she wears black a lot because she in still mourning the…

Diabetes mellitus can have a large impact on one’s life. Not only can Aboriginal poverty cause the development of diabetes, but it can also further exacerbate its effects and impact aspect of social and emotional wellness as well as physical health (Anderson 2011). Thus, when the immense rate of diabetes mellitus among Aboriginals and the need to social change were eventually relayed to the Canadian government, the issue began to be acknowledged in 1999 with the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative…

2) DKA usually occurs as a consequence of absolute or relative insulin deficiency that is accompanied by an increase in counter-regulatory hormones (ie, glucagon, cortisol, growth hormone, epinephrine). This type of hormonal imbalance enhances hepatic gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis, and lipolysis. Hepatic gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis secondary to insulin deficiency, and counter-regulatory hormone excess result in severe hyperglycemia, while lipolysis increases serum free fatty acids.…

high at home. Mr. X has verbalized and demonstrated a lack of knowledge about foot care and dietary management for diabetics. Additionally, upon asking him if he would like some education about diabetes management, he expressed that he…