Type Ii Diabetes: Obesity
Type II diabetes: obesity and overweight
Monica Davila
DeVry
Type II diabetes: obesity and overweight Diabetes has become a widespread epidemic, primarily because of the increasing prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is an endocrine disease in which the body has either a shortage of insulin or a decrease ability to use insulin or both. Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells and be converted into energy. Diabetes can be characterized as a prevailing, incapacitating, and deadly disease. There are a number of risk factors that increase a person’s tendency toward developing type II diabetes. Modifiable risk factors include obesity, physical inactivity and poor dietary habits are just a few. The incidence in overweight and obesity is responsible for the increase in the prevalence and management of type II diabetes, but a lifestyle adjustment aimed at reducing or monitoring weight and increasing physical activity is the resolution for overweight and obese patients with type II diabetes.
First, weight management in the prevention and management of type II diabetes through lifestyle modification are essential because being overweight or obese can lead to multiple complicated health issues. “The prevalence of type II diabetes in obese adults is 3–7 times that in normal-weight adults, and those with a BMI > 35 are 20 times as likely to develop diabetes as are those with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9. In addition, weight gain during adulthood is directly correlated with an increased risk of type II diabetes” (Klein & Sheard, 2004, p. 260). Obesity complicates the management of type II diabetes by increasing insulin resistance and blood glucose concentrations. Patients with diabetes are at high risk for developing cardio-vascular disease. Stroke and ischemic heart disease have the greatest morbidity from diabetes (Klein & Sheard, 2004). Elevated glucose levels help contribute to atherosclerosis and increase the
Monica Davila
DeVry
Type II diabetes: obesity and overweight Diabetes has become a widespread epidemic, primarily because of the increasing prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is an endocrine disease in which the body has either a shortage of insulin or a decrease ability to use insulin or both. Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells and be converted into energy. Diabetes can be characterized as a prevailing, incapacitating, and deadly disease. There are a number of risk factors that increase a person’s tendency toward developing type II diabetes. Modifiable risk factors include obesity, physical inactivity and poor dietary habits are just a few. The incidence in overweight and obesity is responsible for the increase in the prevalence and management of type II diabetes, but a lifestyle adjustment aimed at reducing or monitoring weight and increasing physical activity is the resolution for overweight and obese patients with type II diabetes.
First, weight management in the prevention and management of type II diabetes through lifestyle modification are essential because being overweight or obese can lead to multiple complicated health issues. “The prevalence of type II diabetes in obese adults is 3–7 times that in normal-weight adults, and those with a BMI > 35 are 20 times as likely to develop diabetes as are those with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9. In addition, weight gain during adulthood is directly correlated with an increased risk of type II diabetes” (Klein & Sheard, 2004, p. 260). Obesity complicates the management of type II diabetes by increasing insulin resistance and blood glucose concentrations. Patients with diabetes are at high risk for developing cardio-vascular disease. Stroke and ischemic heart disease have the greatest morbidity from diabetes (Klein & Sheard, 2004). Elevated glucose levels help contribute to atherosclerosis and increase the
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