Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body destroys the cells that produce insulin. It usually develops in childhood and requires daily insulin injections. Type 2 diabetes involves the body not producing enough insulin or cells resisting insulin. It is often prevented through diet and exercise and sometimes requires medication. The key difference is that type 1 diabetes involves destroyed insulin-producing cells while type 2 involves insulin resistance or deficiency.

1. What is the difference between
Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2?
Melissa Fumano
Period 8/9

2. • Generally speaking, diabetes is a disorder
involving the metabolism of a person
• On a daily basis, humans consume many
different kinds of food which is then digested
and broken down into glucose

3. • Glucose is a simple sugar that is contained in
our blood.
• The glucose in the blood comes from
the food that you eat.
• Our bodies view it as the main source of food
for our bodies to obtain energy and carry out
necessary life processes.

4. • Insulin is a type of hormone
produced in the pancreas.
• Insulin contains 51 amino acids
and is required by almost all of
the body's cells (mainly targets
the liver cells, fat
cells and muscle cells).

5. • Usually first diagnosed in children,
teenagers, or young adults.
• The beta cells of the pancreas is
preventing the body from producing
more insulin because the body’s
immune system has attacked and
destroyed them.
• Type 1 is known as an autoimmune
disease because the body is destroying
something that is supposed to be
helping itself (insulin).

6. Type 1 Diabetes (continued)
• Increased thirst
• Frequent urination
• Extreme hunger
• Weight loss
• Fatigue
• Blurred Vision
•Taking insulin and/or another type of
injectable medicine
•Carefully choosing what you eat and how
often you eat certain types of food
•Being physically active
•Taking aspirin daily
•Controlling blood pressure and cholesterol
levels

7. • People can develop Type 2 Diabetes at any age
• Approximately 85% of all diabetes patients have
Type 2.
• Not enough insulin is being produced or the
insulin is not working properly (a.k.a. insulin
resistance).
• Being overweight and inactive increases the
chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

8. • At first, the pancreas keeps
up with the demand to
produce more insulin.
• In time, however, it loses the
ability to secrete enough
insulin in response to what a
person eats.
•Blood sugar monitoring
•Healthy eating
•Regular exercising
•Injectable medicine

9. • Following a healthy,
balanced diet on a
daily basis
• Increasing your level
of physical activity
• Maintaining a healthy
weight