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The Internet and Health Service AVOIII-Unit 8

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AVOIII-Unit 8 Task 1 True or False Statement 1. T 2. F ( a picture of her mother’s family) 3. T 4. F (in the last six years) 5. F (risk of coming down with diabetes)

AVOIII-Unit 8 Task 2 Spot Dictation Bonnie’s family is not alone. Diabetes has become the leading cause of adult blindness, kidney failure and non-traumatic amputation. It’s also a major cause of heart disease and stroke. There are two types of diabetes. Both affect the way the body handles sugar in the blood.

AVOIII-Unit 8 Task 3 Short Answer Questions 1. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, while in type 2 diabetes there’s enough insulin around but the body doesn’t use insulin appropriately. The send type is more common.

AVOIII-Unit 8 Task 3 Short Answer Questions 2. Type 2 diabetes is influenced by genetic disposition as well as lifestyle and environmental factors. 3. Prediabetes is a preclinical condition in which the fasting blood sugar is It is also called impaired glucose tolerance.

AVOIII-Unit 8 4. The goal of the study is to prevent people with prediabetes from developing diabetes. The enrolment will close when 7,500 participants have been recruited. patients over 50 years old who have existing vascular disease or people over 55 who just have risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Task 3 Short Answer Questions