Tyrell Hardtke Diabetes in the Family A Case Study CDCs 2005 Science Ambassador Program Todays Question You learn that type 2 diabetes runs in the family How can you avoid developing type 2 diabetes ID: 428401
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When Type 2 Diabetes Runs in the Family…
Tyrell Hardtke
Diabetes in the Family: A Case Study
CDC’s 2005 Science Ambassador ProgramSlide2
Today’s Question:
You learn that type 2 diabetes “runs in the family.”
How can you avoid developing type 2 diabetes?
Diabetic
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Presentation Overview
II. Family History
A. What is it?
B. How can we use it to stay healthy?
I. Diabetes
A. What is it? B. Who has it? C. How do you get it?
D. What does it do? E. How do you fix it?Slide4
What is Diabetes?
A person’s blood sugar levels are too high
Type 1: Pancreas produces little to no insulin
Type 2: Over time, lose ability to use the insulin that the body makes
Pizza
Blood sugar
Insulin
Blood sugar Slide5
Who has Diabetes?
About 7% of the population (21 million people) had diabetes in 2005 (2)
Type 1:
Usually diagnosed in children and young adults About 5-10% of people with diabetes have type 1
Type 2:Older Adults Children, adults, and older adults!!!About 90-95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetesSlide6
What are the risk factors for type 2 diabetes?
Age
Physical inactivity
Being overweightFor women: gestational diabetesSome racial/or ethnic groups Type 2 diabetes in the familySlide7
How Bad is Type 2 Diabetes, Really?
Increases your risk of….
Heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke by about two times.
Other complications include blindness, numbness, amputation, impotence, and kidney failure!Slide8
How Can We Treat and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
Treatments:
Medications
Lifestyle changesPrevention:Learn about your family history
Work with doctor to monitor health closely, if it runs in familyEat a healthy diet and be physically active!Slide9
What Do You Mean “It Runs In The Family?!?”
Family history of a disease: one or more of your relatives had a disease
If you have a family history of a disease, you might have a higher risk of developing the disease than the average person
Some combinations of your family history, your environment, and your behavior put you at higher risk for developing diseasesSlide10
The Risk Triangle: A Type 2 Diabetes Example
Your Genetics
Your Behavior
Your Environment
Your RiskSlide11
Using Family History for Prevention
Environment and behavior are modifiable risk factors
Genetic make-up is a non-modifiable risk factor
You can prevent disease by changing modifiable risk factors
Genetics
Behavior
Environment
Risk
Risk
RiskSlide12
In Summary…
Diabetes is a serious, preventable disease that strikes about 21 million Americans!
We can use knowledge of family history to prevent type 2 diabetes!
Now, let’s look at a case of a woman who might be at risk, and see if we can help her…Slide13
References
Diabetes and Public Health Speak: A crash course on the public health aspects of diabetes. PowerPoint presentation by Pamela
Allweiss
, CDC Science Ambassador Program, June 2005.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/diabetesintroduction/id029102.pdf [Accessed 10/27/05]
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/diabetes.htm [Accessed 3/27/06]Family History: A disease prevention tool for public health and preventative medicine. PowerPoint presentation by Paula Yoon, CDC Science Ambassador Program, June 2005.
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/heart-disease.jsp [Accessed 8/28/05]