An American Epidemic Diabetes
Diabetes is a disorder in which the body does not produce enough insulin, resulting in too much sugar in the bloodstream. Type 1-diabetes is a type of diabetes which is also called juvenile onset diabetes. It is an auto-immune system disease where the body's immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. It can appear at any age, although usually under the age forty. This article explains mainly about the type-2 diabetes, which is also known as adult onset diabetes. It is the most common form of diabetes. About ninety to ninety-five percent of people with diabetes have type-2 diabetes. It is associated with older age, family history of diabetes, physical inactivity, ethnicity and most importantly with obesity. A forty-six year old diabetic Maria DelMundo was five feet two inches tall and weighed 190 pounds. Too many calories and too little exercise are the main causes of type-2 diabetes. About ninety percent people with......
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