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Wring Assignment For Unit 2 HS 2711

This document is a writing assignment for health science unit 2. It discusses the universality of lifestyle modification interventions for diabetes prevention and management. Standardized recommendations need to be adjusted for cultural and personal factors. Implementing evidence-based policies at a population level can help modify environments to promote nutrition, physical activity, and smoking cessation. Clinical and community initiatives are both important for diabetes prevention - clinical sectors assess risk and provide treatment while public health ensures access to prevention programs and policies support healthy behaviors.

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Wring Assignment For Unit 2 HS 2711

This document is a writing assignment for health science unit 2. It discusses the universality of lifestyle modification interventions for diabetes prevention and management. Standardized recommendations need to be adjusted for cultural and personal factors. Implementing evidence-based policies at a population level can help modify environments to promote nutrition, physical activity, and smoking cessation. Clinical and community initiatives are both important for diabetes prevention - clinical sectors assess risk and provide treatment while public health ensures access to prevention programs and policies support healthy behaviors.

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Wring assignment for unit 2

Health Science 1 HS 2211

Janette Martin (instructor)

University of the people

23rd November 2022

Universality of lifestyle modification interventions Policy development requires the use of evidence-

based, standardized lifestyle intervention recommendations that are adjusted to cultural and personal

characteristics. Bergman and colleagues (2012) As there are more than 425 million diabetics worldwide,

with one-third of them being over 65, this "global socioeconomic disaster" is affecting an increasing

number of children and teens. Timpel and colleagues (2019).

Implementing evidence- and practice-based policies at the general population level is required to modify

the environment and infrastructure in order to improve nutrition, lose weight, increase physical activity,

and assist smokers in quitting. Bergman and colleagues (2012) Furthermore, increasing physical exercise,

reducing fat consumption, and eating more fiber all help considerably to diabetes prevention. As a

result, standardized diabetes preventive guidance may be connected to physiologically informed core

goals and better policy formulation efficacy. As an example, consider the European IMAGE project,

which created ground-breaking standards and a practice toolset. Bergman and colleagues (2012)

Numerous randomized controlled trials have unequivocally demonstrated that altering one's lifestyle

helps prevent type 2 diabetes in high-risk people, according to a meta-analysis by Gillies et al. The

number of people who must be treated in order to prevent one occurrence of type 2 diabetes is 6.4

when the intervention lasts between 1.8 and 4.6 years.


The major aims of the lifestyle intervention in these clinical studies were increased physical activity (2.5–

4 h/week) and dietary modification (increased whole grains, fiber, vegetables, and fruit; reduced total

and saturated fat, sugar, and refined grains). Despite the fact that weight loss was still a top priority for

patients who were overweight and a predictor of decreased diabetes risk, there were positive decreases

in the incidence of type 2 diabetes that were also achieved without taking these factors into account

Tuomilehto et al (2011).

The therapies used self-monitoring, motivational interviewing, short- and long-term individualized

objectives, and other behavior modification techniques. In some of the most significant type 2 diabetes

preventive trials, intriguing long-term data on the enduring effects of lifestyle changes on the risk of

type 2 diabetes among individuals who received improved lifestyle counseling have been discovered.

(2011) Tuomilehto et al. To prevent Type 2 diabetes, integrated clinical and community-based public

health initiatives are required.

In order to assess risk status, refer high-risk patients to community-based lifestyle programs, provide

nutritional counseling, give medication when necessary, and manage diabetes in individuals who already

have the condition, the clinical sector is essential Bergman et al (2012).

Conclusion

On the other hand, the public health sector is crucial in determining diabetes risk, forming alliances to

offer high-risk individuals diabetes preventive services, and guaranteeing the success of these programs.

Laws that promote risk reduction by permitting lifestyle changes and adaptations to community settings

that make it easier to engage in healthy behaviors must also be considered by public health

professionals. There are several ways that the community and clinical sectors of public health

collaborate (Bergman et al, 2012).


Reference

Bergman, M., Buysschaert, M., Schwarz, P. E., Albright, A., Narayan, K. V., & Yach, D. (2012). Diabetes

prevention: global health policy and perspectives from the ground. Diabetes management

(London, England), 2(4), 309–321. https://doi.org/10.2217/dmt.12.34

Timpel, P., Harst, L., Reifegerste, D., Weihrauch, S., Schwarz, P. (August 27, 2019). What should

governments be doing to prevent diabetes throughout the life course? - Diabetologia.

SpringerLink. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00125-019-4941-y

Tuomilehto, J. Schwarz, P., Lindström, J. (2011). Long-Term Benefits From Lifestyle Interventions for

Type 2 Diabetes Prevention. Time to expand the efforts. Diabetes Care 1

https://doi.org/10.2337/dc11-s222

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