Public Health Report: Diabetes Etiology, Prevention and Treatment

This report delves into the multifaceted aspects of diabetes, beginning with its etiology, which encompasses genetic predispositions, environmental factors, and lifestyle choices. It explores the prevalence and incidence rates, highlighting the global impact of diabetes, including the rise in cases due to sedentary lifestyles. The report outlines various treatment methods, including medication and lifestyle adjustments tailored to different types of diabetes. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of prevention through healthy eating habits, regular exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight. The role of individuals, communities, and governments in combating diabetes is also discussed, underscoring the need for a collaborative approach to reduce the disease's impact. The report concludes by referencing relevant literature, providing a comprehensive overview of diabetes from a public health perspective.

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Etiology
Diabetes is a chronic disease that is caused by a variety of factors depending on the type
of diabetes. Some of the major factors that result in diabetes include environmental factors,
family history, ethnicity and genetic makeup (Xu & Xue, 2016). However, the type I diabetes is
caused by elements such as chemical toxins within the food, unidentified component causing an
autoimmune reaction and viral or bacterial infection among others. Consequently, for type II
diabetes, the major causes are increasing age, bad diet, obesity and living a sedentary life.
Prevalence and Incidence Rate
According to the World Health Organization report, the disease has spread all over the
world. It is estimated that about 30 million of the Americans, for instance, have diabetes (Xu &
Xue, 2016). An approximate of about 2 million of their children have diabetes. However, for the
world population, half of the individuals have diabetes, and thus it is expected that in about 100
years to come, more of the world's population will become infected by the ailment. Such
estimation is due to the sedentary lifestyle that has been adopted by most people now across the
globe.
Treatment
There are many ways of treating diabetes. Each of the approaches is based on the type of
diabetes. For instance, the possible ways of treating type 2 diabetes include healthy eating,
meglitinides, metformin, sulfonylureas and thiazolidinediones among others (Xu & Xue, 2016).
Other treatment techniques include insulin therapy

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Mode of Prevention
The major modes of prevention of diabetes include regular exercise, healthy eating
habits, weight loss and adopting a good lifestyle that is not sedentary (Xu & Xue, 2016).
Role of the community, individual and government
Each of the individuals mentioned above has a role that is aimed at prevention as well as
reducing the disease. Individuals, for instance, should adopt a healthy lifestyle. The same applies
to the community (Tsolekile, Schneider & Puoane, 2018). The government, however, must
ensure that resources are made available to individuals with diabetes to help fight against it.

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References
Tsolekile, L. P., Schneider, H., & Puoane, T. (2018). The roles, training and knowledge of
community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape
Town. Curationis, 41(1), 1-8.
Xu, S., & Xue, Y. (2016). Pediatric obesity: Causes, symptoms, prevention and
treatment. Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 11(1), 15-20.