Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia of Nondiabetic Origin

Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia of Nondiabetic Origin 1. Differentiate between the types of diabetes 2. Know the risk factors, diagnosis, signs, symptoms, treatments/management, incidence for each type of diabetes 3. Know the prevalence of diabetes in different populations. 4. Describe diabetes prevention steps 5. Describe the complications of diabetes and their long term effects 6. Explain the importance of diabetes management and the effects of nutrition on diabetes management Diabetes Introduction From 1980 through 2014, the number of Americans with diagnosed diabetes has increased 4 fold (5.5 mill to 22 mill) Every 5 min, 2 people die of diabetes-related causes and 14 adults are newly diagnosed As many as 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes in 2050 if present trends continue Diabetes kllls more Americans every year than AIDs and breast cancer combined A person with diagnosed diabetes at age 50 dies 6 years earlier than a counterpart without diabetes 85.2% of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese Definition of diabetes Diabetes Mellitus: oGroup of metabolic diseases oHigh blood glucose concentrations oDefects in insulin secretion, insulin action of both Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes oTotal- 29.1 million children and adults-