This document discusses the different types of diabetes, their causes and risk factors, and strategies for prevention and management. It outlines the main types as Type 1, Type 2, gestational diabetes, and describes the symptoms and characteristics of each type. Key risk factors mentioned include family history, genetics, obesity, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, age, and pregnancy. The document recommends maintaining a healthy diet low in fat and high in fiber, engaging in regular physical activity, managing weight, quitting smoking, and reducing stress to help prevent and manage diabetes.

1. Concept Of Health Education & Health Promotion Course Project
Instructor : Nadia Alghamdi
Prepared by : Ayat Gazzaz . Doa'a Joban . Haifaa Alshareef
Khairya Co . Nada Yousef
1436 - 2014
 Excessive thirst and dry mouth
 Frequent urination
 Increased sweating without doing physical exertion
 Eye problem such as blurred vision
 Losing weight
 Feeling fatigue and exhaustion
 Tingling and numbness
Family history
Genetic make up – underlying genetic
disposition
Being obese, overweight
Eating unhealthy food or having
bad diet.
Being physically inactive, or having
sedentary lifestyle.
Getting age ,illness.
Other factors like pregnancy.
30 minutes
of activity
per day Helps
lowers risk of
developing type 2
by 58%
Monitor
and/ or lower
your blood
pressure and
cholesterol.
Eat a
healthy diet. Less
fats, more fiber,
whole grain,
veggies, fruits
and lean meal
Manage
your
weight Quit
Smoking
Stress and some environmental
factors
There is NO
specific diabetes
causative, but it depends
on variety of causes such as:
Health status – viral or bacterial
infection
Factors Putting You At Risk..!
This type of diabetes
seems to be the most common type
of diabetes. Previously, it was called
"Adult Onset Diabetes".
Those people who develop type 2
diabetes usually have insulin resistance
and approximately 80% of them are
overweight.
Formerly called
"juvenile diabetes" because 70% of
diagnoses occur in children or before
reaching the age of 30.
It affects only 5% of diabetic.
The onset of type 1 diabetes is
usually sudden (acute) and
clear-cut.
This type of diabetes develops
during pregnancy (gestation) and is
caused by increased production of
hormones that make the body less
able to use insulin as well as it
should. Most gestational
diabetes goes away after Birth
but, it does put you at higher
risk of developing type 2
diabetes later.
The food we eat like bread, cereals, fruit, starchy vegetables and dairy items are converted to glucose
that used to supply energy for life processes and this occurs with help of insulin. As a key to a door
insulin allows to sugar enter the cell from the bloodstream where it is used to produce
energy. If no insulin production, or not enough, the sugar
levels rise in the blood and diabetes occurs.