Persuasive Speech Outline On Diabetes
Motivational Speech Proposal
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2005, there were 20.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years; according to the American Diabetes Association in 2011, there were 25.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years.
GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To persuade my audience to engage in walking for 30 minutes a day to prevent diabetes.
CENTRAL IDEA: My audience should walk for 30 minutes a day because doing so will help them from getting diabetes and other chronic health diseases.
Attention Grabber: Isolation, Denial, depression, guilt, anger, embarrassment, and dependence, these are the emotions …show more content…
For type 2 diabetes, there is stronger link to family history than type 1. If both parents have it, there is 50 % of chance of getting it. If one parent has it, the risk is almost 3 times the general population risk.
b. Environmental factors are: Dr. James Warram, a lecturer in epidemiology at Harvard School of Public states that one trigger might be cold weather.
2. Also affecting is age, obesity, lack of exercise.
F. The Symptoms of diabetes are many factors.
1. Type 1 and 2 diabetes people can have blurred vision, urinary tract infections, blindness, foot ulcers that leads to limb amputations.
2. Symptoms can develop suddenly (over days or weeks), or gradually (over several years).
a. Jane 47 year-old is a triple amputee, have undergone operations to remove both her legs and one arm due to Type 1 diabetes. She faces the prospect of losing her remaining arm in the near future because of diabetes. Imagine not having your legs, what a depressing life that would be.
Solution:
A. First option, you can do nothing about it.
1. Severe consequences can occur with uncontrolled diabetes.
a. You can get foot ulcers, blindness, leg amputations, and even death.
b. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, in 2006, about 65,700 lower-limb amputations were performed in people with …show more content…
The side effects and the cost of such medicine shows that medication might be at an expense physically and mentally to diabetics.
a. It can cost a lot of money. The Website Cost Helper, what are people paying explains that for patients without health insurance, diabetes medication costs $200 to $500 or more a month for a multi-drug regimen.
C. The third option, an important aspect in managing diabetes that doesn’t cost us a dime is exercise.
1. Hippocrates said “Walking is man's best medicine." Walking is one of the easiest and least expensive ways without needing any equipment’s to stay physically fit. There are no side effects for walking. Just good results.
2. According to Linn Goldberg, doctor and author of the Healing power of exercise, walking helps the body becomes more sensitive to insulin’s action, so sugar is more easily removed from bloodstream and blood glucose levels can normalize.
3. Expert from the National institutes of Health all advise 30 minutes or more of moderate to intense walking on most days of the week. You can walk in two 15 minute segments or three 10 minute. You can take a walk on the park, or on your treadmill.
a. The cost is only 30 minutes from you day, while the reward outweighs it, saving your life from complications of
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2005, there were 20.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years; according to the American Diabetes Association in 2011, there were 25.6 million cases of diabetes among people aged 20 years to 44 years.
GENERAL PURPOSE: To persuade
SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To persuade my audience to engage in walking for 30 minutes a day to prevent diabetes.
CENTRAL IDEA: My audience should walk for 30 minutes a day because doing so will help them from getting diabetes and other chronic health diseases.
Attention Grabber: Isolation, Denial, depression, guilt, anger, embarrassment, and dependence, these are the emotions …show more content…
For type 2 diabetes, there is stronger link to family history than type 1. If both parents have it, there is 50 % of chance of getting it. If one parent has it, the risk is almost 3 times the general population risk.
b. Environmental factors are: Dr. James Warram, a lecturer in epidemiology at Harvard School of Public states that one trigger might be cold weather.
2. Also affecting is age, obesity, lack of exercise.
F. The Symptoms of diabetes are many factors.
1. Type 1 and 2 diabetes people can have blurred vision, urinary tract infections, blindness, foot ulcers that leads to limb amputations.
2. Symptoms can develop suddenly (over days or weeks), or gradually (over several years).
a. Jane 47 year-old is a triple amputee, have undergone operations to remove both her legs and one arm due to Type 1 diabetes. She faces the prospect of losing her remaining arm in the near future because of diabetes. Imagine not having your legs, what a depressing life that would be.
Solution:
A. First option, you can do nothing about it.
1. Severe consequences can occur with uncontrolled diabetes.
a. You can get foot ulcers, blindness, leg amputations, and even death.
b. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, in 2006, about 65,700 lower-limb amputations were performed in people with …show more content…
The side effects and the cost of such medicine shows that medication might be at an expense physically and mentally to diabetics.
a. It can cost a lot of money. The Website Cost Helper, what are people paying explains that for patients without health insurance, diabetes medication costs $200 to $500 or more a month for a multi-drug regimen.
C. The third option, an important aspect in managing diabetes that doesn’t cost us a dime is exercise.
1. Hippocrates said “Walking is man's best medicine." Walking is one of the easiest and least expensive ways without needing any equipment’s to stay physically fit. There are no side effects for walking. Just good results.
2. According to Linn Goldberg, doctor and author of the Healing power of exercise, walking helps the body becomes more sensitive to insulin’s action, so sugar is more easily removed from bloodstream and blood glucose levels can normalize.
3. Expert from the National institutes of Health all advise 30 minutes or more of moderate to intense walking on most days of the week. You can walk in two 15 minute segments or three 10 minute. You can take a walk on the park, or on your treadmill.
a. The cost is only 30 minutes from you day, while the reward outweighs it, saving your life from complications of