Chronic Illness (Diabetes)

This essay discusses the causes, symptoms, and prevention methods of type 2 diabetes, which is a part of chronic illness. It also provides advice on healthy diets and exercise programs to reduce health risks. The essay mentions the strategies and action plans developed by the Australian government to reduce the rate of diabetes and other chronic illnesses. The subject is chronic illness (diabetes), and the course code, course name, and college/university are not mentioned.

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Chronic illness (Diabetes)

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Diabetes
Mr. Boulia suffered from many chronic illnesses such as type2 diabetes,
hypertension, mind renal impairment and peripheral vascular illness. The main chronic
illness is type 2 diabetes which is a part of diabetes chronic illness. Type 2 diabetes is
one of the most common chronic illnesses in Australia and it is estimated that the rate of
type 2 diabetes is growing rapidly. According to world health organization, type 2
diabetes is one of the most common health diseases that increase due to lack of physical
activities and lack of healthy foods. Diabetes also increases many other health disorders
such as obesity, overweight, cancer, heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, and high
blood pressure (Aguiar, Morgan, Collins, Plotnikoff, & Callister, 2014). There are
Nemours signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes such as weight loss, blurring of vision,
polyuria, and headache. There are two types of diabetes such as type 1st diabetes and
type 2 diabetes (Popp, Bohan, Jesch, & Bridges, 2018). In the Australia, type 2nd diabetes
is rapidly in last few years and it is estimated that around 2 million people suffered from
types 2nd diabetes and the main reason of this increment is lack of healthy diets. Mr.
Boulia suffered from type 2nd diabetes because he eats unhealthy foods and uses more
percentage of sugar in all products, therefore, Mr. Boulia suffered from type 2nd diabetes
and other heart diseases. According to National Health Service, there are mainly two
factors that increase the rate of diabetes and other chronic illness such as the use of
unhealthy foods and lack of exercise. If Mr. Boulia eats healthy foods such as fruits,
vegetables, fish, and other healthy item and does exercise regularly than the problem of
type2 diabetes can be reduced. According to given case, Mr Boulia has a family history
of heart disease and overweight and this problem can be reduced if they avoid the use
of unhealthy foods and sugar (Balk, et al., 2015).
Types 2 diabetes is one of the serious problems for adults and children and it is
increased day by day in Australia. There are many other diseases occur due to type 2
diabetes such as obesity, overweight, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and high
blood pressure. Type 2 diabetes and obesity both are a very serious health concern in
Australia and Mr. Boulia suffered from type 2 diabetes and obesity. It is estimated that
type 2 diabetes is the 4th largest cause of deaths in Australia and the rate of obesity has
doubled in the last few years (Berry, Boggess, & Johnson, 2016). Obesity is one of the

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key factors of type 2 diabetes and it is increased rapidly in the last few years. Obesity or
overweight blocks blood circulation in the human body system and increases blood
pressure which is one of the most risk factors for death in Australia. Mr. Boulia can
reduce this risk factor by eating healthy foods and drink soft water and if any person
follows proper diet and exercise program than this type of health risks and diseases can
be reduced (Thomas, et al., 2015). In this modern generation many of adults and
children eating unhealthy foods like fast foods and drink beverage rather than soft
water which increases many health risks such as obesity, overweight, type 2 diabetes
and other chronic illness. Therefore to avoid type 2 diabetes and obesity in Australia
people should eat healthy foods and reduce the use of sugar and follow a proper
exercise program that will reduce this type of chronic disease. Mr. Boulia should
improve their health by eating healthy foods and drinking soft water (Guo, Chen,
Whittemore, & Whitaker, 2016).
There are main two key factors through which this type of chronic illness can be
reduced in adults and children such as healthy diets, and exercise. These two factors can
help to educate clients and individuals regarding their health disease and if any person
follows proper healthy diets and exercise program than type 2 diabetes, obesity and
other health disorders can be reduced. In hospitals, nurses should promote healthy
diets and exercise by providing education and training program which can help to
improve their health. There are many health programs they provide proper education
and training program regarding human health disorders and also provide a proper
template for healthy diets and foods. Healthy diets consist of healthy foods such as
fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish, protein, and milk and it is estimated that if any person who
suffers from type 2 diabetes and other chronic illness follow a proper diet plan than the
rate of diabetes can be reduced by 50% (Simpson, et al., 2015). Healthy diets and
exercise play an important role to reduce types 2 diabetes, obesity and overweight in
children and adults. Mr. Boulia eats unhealthy foods and uses more sugar in products;
therefore, he is suffering from type 2 diabetes. Exercise is a key factor to improve the
health of any person and the main advantage of exercise is that it increase metabolism
of the human body system. There are many health organization and training
programmes they provide proper exercise plan through which this type of disease can
be reduced. According to world health organization if any person does exercise

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regularly and follows complete diet plan than the rate of diabetes obesity can reduce by
around 60% (Neal, et al., 2017). Mr. Boulia always eats fast foods and does not follow
any diet plan and if he follows the complete diets plan and exercise program that he will
surely improve their health.
According to the National Health Service, in Australia, around 2 million people
were obese in the last few years and 5 billion people worldwide suffered from obesity
and type 2 diabetes. The main cause of obesity and other disease is an inequity of
energy in the individual's body persons eat fast foods and drink a beverage which
contributes to an inequity of energy (Brinkworth, et al., 2016). Mr. Boulia family is
suffering from heart disease and there are many social factors and environmental
factors that increase this disease and health risks such as lack of garden, lack of
equipment’s, lack of health and wellbeing programmes and use of unhealthy foods (Bell,
Bao, Petocz, Colagiuri, & Brand, 2015). There are numerous profits of exercise such as
reduce obesity, lose weight and reduce other diseases such as cancer, heart attack, and
blood pressure.
To avoid this type of disease and health risks government of Australia developed
many strategies and action plan such as they improve health and wellbeing
programmes for patients and also reduce the use of sugar in all products (Harding, et al.,
2014). They promote healthy diets and exercise in many organization and industries
and in schools many teachers provide a training program to for students to reduce the
use of u healthy foods and also motivate to students and their parents to reduce the use
of fast foods and beverages. Therefore in this modern generation, there are many
prevention methods to avoid obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic illness
(Mohammedi, et al., 2016). For the prevention of type 2 diabetes, many health
organizations provide health and wellbeing program to patients and also guide for
healthy diets and exercise. Australian health organizations also provide their diets plan
which includes healthy foods such as vegetables, protein, fish, eggs, fruits, nuts, and
seeds, milk, cheese, and grain foods. Nurses also play a significant role in the reduction
of type 2 diabetes and other chronic illness. Nurses provide a complete guideline to the
patients such as healthy diets plan, exercise and physical activity (Inzucchi, et al., 2015).
They also give advice to a patient to eat healthy fruits and exercise to reduce health
risks. In Australia, many hospitals provide a proper education and training program

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which help to improve interaction between patients and nurses. Australian government
reduces the use of sugar in all products which can help to decrease the rate of obesity
and type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that after the development of these strategies and
policies the rate of diabetes in Australia is reduced by 40% and nurses should promote
healthy diets and exercise when they communicate with the patient that will also help
to reduce health risks. If any person eats healthy foods and drinks soft water than they
can improve their health. These strategies and policies can be used for Mr. Boulia in
which he should follow the proper diet plan and do exercise regularly which can give a
better result at the end of one month (Li, et al., 2015).
According to WHO, it is estimated that type 2 diabetes develops in people who
are not sufficiently active and who are not following the proper diet plan. Promotion of
healthy diets and exercise is one of the best strategies to reduce type 2 diabetes and
other chronic illness such as obesity, and overweight. There are many benefits of
exercise such as it improves metabolism of human body, increase cardiovascular risk
profile, and cardiorespiratory fitness (Zinman, et al., 2015). It is calculated that the
patient of type 2 diabetes accumulate around 3 hours per week for exercise and follow a
complete diet plan than this type of health risk can be reduced. These strategies and
action plans can be used for Mr aboulia and if he follows this strategy and does exercise
a minimum of 1 hour per day then type 2 diabetes and other health risks can be
reduced. Vigorous intensity exercise is one of the most efficient exercises and there are
many health programs who guide this exercise for diabetes and obesity patients.
According to a report of a healthy society, the rate of diabetes and obesity is increased
by 7.4% in last few years and almost 0.8% of people and children were diagnosed every
year due to type 2 diabetes. In the United State the rate of type 2 diabetes has doubled
in the last thirty years (Rubino, et al., 2016). Exercise training program improves body
composition, cardiovascular risk, glycaemic control, and well-being in patients. The lack
of physical activists and physical fitness both are common factors to increase the rate of
diabetes and other chronic illness. Health promotion also plays a significant role to
reduce diabetes and other chronic illness in which they provide a complete education
and training program to patients. Reduction of sugar in products is also one of the most
strategies and it is estimated that in Australia food industries reduced the use of sugar

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in products. Through this strategy, in the last few years, the problem of diabetes and
obesity is reduced by 10% in Australia.
According to giver scenario, Mr. Boulia is suffering from type 2 diabetes
problems and he always eats fast foods and unhealthy diets and also smoke therefore he
is suffering from heart disease. We can give advice to Mr. Boulia to eat healthy foods
such as fruits, vegetables, eggs, fish and drink milk and soft water which can reduce this
health risks. If we follow a proper healthy diet plan and exercise program that we can
reduce many health disorder such as obesity, overweight, types of diabetes and other
chronic illness. I personally suggest a healthy diet and physical activates to Mr. Boulia
and if he does exercise for around one hour per day than he can improve his health and
can reduce health risks.
Type 2 diabetes is one of the biggest problems In Australia which is increasing
rapidly in last few years and it is estimated that around 2 million people in Australia
were diagnosed due to type 2 diabetes in last few years. There are many reasons for this
increment such as lack of physical activities and exercise, use of unhealthy foods and
beverages, lack of gardens, and children eat fast food rather than healthy foods. In this
essay, we discussed Mr. Boulia which is suffering from type 2 diabetes and other heart
diseases. This problem can be resolved if he follows proper diets and exercise plan and
eats only healthy foods than the problem of diabetes and other heart risks can be
reduced. Australian government developed many strategies and action plan to reduce
this type of health problem in Australia. To reduce type 2 diabetes children should avoid
the use of fast foods and eat healthy foods and health programs should provide proper
health and exercise. Mr. Boulia should follow Australian dietary plan to reduce type 2
diabetes problem and should follow exercise and physical activities program which is
provided by many health organization.

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