Causes and Recommendations to Prevent and Manage Type 2 Diabetes

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A ministerial brief to identify the causes of type 2 diabetes and recommendations to reduce,
prevent and manage type 2 diabetes
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Executive summary
Type 2 diabetes has been a cause of death for many Australians of all social backgrounds and
geographical locations. This brief seeks to explain the effects and prevalence rates due to type 2
diabetes in Australia. It identifies the high risk individuals, the various complications related to
diabetes, and the recommendations that can be executed to reduce the epidemiology of diabetes
and how to prevent type 2 diabetes, (Lin et al 2009). It also explains the various goals that are to
be met and the considerations and recommendations that will be put in place to achieve these
goals. This brief has identified the various recommendations that will be most useful in reducing,
preventing and managing type 2 diabetes, (Youn et al 2008).
Statement of the problem
Type 2 Diabetes still remains to be an issue in Australia. The prevalence rate of diabetes seems
to be rising yearly and more people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes yearly, (Wright & Harwood
2012). This rise in diabetes affects the socio-economic status of the state. Therefore, there is a
need to curb these rates. What can be done to reduce these prevalence rates, prevent and manage
type 2 diabetes? Individuals should be encouraged to test for diabetes often in order to detect
diabetes early and take the necessary precautions, (Morrison, Lowe & Collins 2010). Also, they
should be provided with diabetes screening tools and advised on how to use them. Children
should be taught on diabetes at an early age, shown a lifestyle that will prevent them from
developing diabetes and kept from sources that may cause diabetes directly and indirectly such
as inappropriate advertisements that may prompt them to result in unhealthy foods and snacks,
(Lee et al 2013).
Background
Diabetes is a chronic and dynamic condition, described by hoisted blood glucose levels. It is hard
to assess the correct number of individuals with diabetes in Australia. The best gauge in light of
the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS), and the Australian Health Survey (National
Health Survey, 2014– 2015), is that there are more than 1.2 million Australians with known
diabetes, (Wang et al 2008). This is almost similar with the International Diabetes Federation

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( IDF ) appraise which in 2017 there were 1.1 million individuals in the range of 20 and 79 years
with diabetes in Australia. Prevalence of diabetes in Australia has dramatically multiplied in the
course of past two decades and there is no sign this is abating, (Speight et al 2012). It is
additionally evaluated that more than 2 million individuals are at high danger of getting diabetes.
Among all individuals with diabetes, 85% have a type 2 diabetes, (Forbes, Coughlan & Cooper
2008).
It is hard to gauge the aggregate monetary value of diabetes and its social effect. Medicinal
services which is owing to the cost of diabetes which is around $1.7B every fiscal year. Adding
the direct and indirect expenses, the total diabetes cost may be though just an estimation as much
as $14B annually, (Ling & Groop 2009). These miscellaneous expenses incorporate diminished
profitability, nonappearance from work, early retirement and unexpected passing and,
deprivation. Expenses are intensely packed specifically sub-sets of individuals with diabetes.
Yearly immediate expenses for individuals with diabetes intricacies are more than twice as much
as for those individuals without diabetes, (Rivas et al 2011).
The Australian people who are aged or are old have a very high possibility of getting diabetes
type two therefore are bound to practice very higher rates of handicap related to the malady.
Individuals undergoing treatment for mental health disarranges, for example, sadness,
nervousness and schizophrenia might also be at higher danger of diabetes, (Erlich et al 2008).
Also, overweight individuals, individuals with prediabetes, and physically inactive individuals
are more likely to get bound with diabetes type 2 disease. Australian Health Survey, 2013
showed that It is evaluated that, for each 100 individuals with type 2 diabetes especially in
Australia, atleast more than 25 people might be living with diabetes which is undiscovered,
(Diabetes 2010). People who have undiscovered diabetes type 2 are not informed about their
situation and therefore they don’t have access to required vital care. They might therefore have
complications of their diabetes.
Pre-existing policies/activity
According to (Catanzariti et al 2009), The risk factors associated with the rapid increase in the
diabetes type 2 in countries like Australia can be prevented and gotten rid of. The main risk
factors are lifestyle choices such as taking in too much sugars, being physically inactive, and
hereditary factors such as overweight and/or obesity. Individuals who have prediabetes and are