Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Australians: A Serious Health Concern

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Type 2 diabetes has been classified as the most common chronic illness in Australia.
Native and Torres Strait Islander individuals are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes
compared to the non-indigenous population base. Studies reveal that the commonness of type 2
diabetes in Indigenous individuals is 3 to 4 times higher that of non-Indigenous Australians
(Diabetesaustralia.com.au,2018).
Critical contrasts were found between the morbidity and mortality rate on account of
TIIDM among the indigenous and the non-indigenous population bases. It should be noted here
that a huge gap in terms of wellness have been detected between the indigenous and non-
indigenous population base (Diabetesaustralia.com.au,2018). The mortality rate in aboriginals is
much higher than the non-aboriginals. TIIDM has been studied to be accompanied with a wide
range of other health complications such as cardiovascular disorders, renal complications and
poor eye sight. It should be critically noted here that statistical figures reveal a 30% hike in the
prevalence rate of the disease in indigenous community members compared to the non-
indigenous individuals (Burrow & Ride, 2016). This has made the issue a serious health concern
in Australia that requires immediate attention in order to avoid further devastating consequences.
In Australia, the increase in number of individuals affected with type 2 diabetes is
majorly characterized by factors that include stoutness, diminished physical activity and
unhealthy dietary intake (Seaquist et al., 2013). There is no proof to demonstrate that Aboriginal
individuals had diabetes, or different conditions influenced by way of life, for example, heart and
vein illness, heftiness or hypertension, when they carried on with a customary way of life.
Presently, with less Aboriginal individuals carrying on with a customary way of life, and all the
more being presented to the present Westernized way of life, with nourishments that are low in