Diabetes /
Justin Healey, editor.
- Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2007.
- 44 p. : ill ; 30 cm.
- Issues in society ; v. 250 .
Includes index. Bibliography : p. 43. For secondary school students.
Ch.1. Diabetes in Australia -- Diabetes facts -- Myths and facts about diabetes -- What is diabetes? -- Differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes -- Diabetes type 1: juvenile diabetes -- Gestational diabetes -- 275 Australians a day told they have diabetes -- Revealed: lifestyle is killing us fast -- Key findings on diabetes in Australia -- Diabetes prevalence -- Beating diabetes -- Diabetes-related deaths in Australia -- Generation XXL -- More than 3 million at risk -- How diabetes works -- How do I know if I have diabetes? -- How diabetes affects the body -- Complications of diabetes mellitus -- Health status of people with diabetes -- Ch.2. Diabetes prevention and management -- Risk factors for type 2 diabetes -- Preventing diabetes -- Diabetes: heading for trouble -- Coming to terms with a life-long condition -- Pre-diabetes -- Diabetes and insulin -- Living with diabetes: actions taken -- Type 2 diabetes: what you need to know -- Food choices for people with diabetes -- Monitoring your diabetes -- Diabetes and you -- Glossary.
"Diabetes is Australia's fastest growing chronic disease. Diabetes is diagnosed when a person7F 19s body is unable to automatically regulate blood glucose levels, resulting in too much glucose in the blood. While Type 1 diabetes represents 10-15% of all diabetes, it is the growth in Type 2 diabetes, 85-90% of all cases, which causes particular concern as it relates to lifestyle. The diabetes epidemic in Australia is driven by lifestyle factors such as obesity, poor diet and physical inactivity. New figures show that over one million Australians have diabetes - 100,000 Australians are developing diabetes each year, and 200,000 people move from overweight to obesity. Diabetes doubles the chance of people dying during the next five years the risk of dying is to the same degree as smoking. At present there is no cure for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. What are the different types of diabetes, what are the related health conditions and costs, and what measures can halt the spread of this largely avoidable epidemic?" -- Publisher's website.