Public Health: Challenges and Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on UK Population

Public health

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INTRODUCTION
Public health is being defined as the art and science of preventing and reducing the
risk of diseases which can cause lifetime affects of the health of the individuals. The main
aim of the public health is to analyse the health of the population and the threats that they
are facing so that the organisation operating for public health can focus on this and they
can reduce their effects of being happening. In this report the different challenges of type 2
diabetes have been discussed and their impact on the United Kingdom population.
(Gulland, 2016)
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Local health data on Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is been the major cause of illness and death, as the people don't much
care about the symptoms of this disease for very long time which result in delay of the
proper care that is being required to them. (Sidney, 2016)
The local health data help in providing indicators and symptoms of diseases which
can help an individual in taking proper care so that they do not have to face long term
consequences. The local health data available on diabetes shows that this happens
because of ineffective use of insulin. The type 2 diabetes is results of overweight of the
body, inactivity in physical activities etc. this type of diabetes was only seen in adult until
recently when this has increasingly started to occur in children too. The common
symptoms of type 2 data includes increased thirst, frequent urination, unexplained loss of
weight in the body etc. the London Borough has the highest number of people who suffers
from type 2 diabetes. Most of the people at London Borough are overweight as they lack
physical activity which is particularly important as this increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is more common in white people as compared to black as the black
people tend to be more active and London Borough have 42% white people and only 7%
black people, this could be prevented if the physical activities in the adult can be