This document discusses diabetes, including the three main types (type 1, type 2, and gestational), causes, symptoms, treatment options, prevention strategies like diet and exercise, and the growing issue of diabetes in the UAE. Type 1 diabetes is caused by an autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells, while type 2 is often linked to genetics and lifestyle factors. Common symptoms include frequent urination, thirst, hunger, weight changes and fatigue. Treatment involves insulin, medications, diet, and physical activity. Healthy eating, active living, and routine testing can help prevent diabetes.

1. Diabetes
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2. Contents :
 1-Diabetes.
 2-Diabetes types.
 3-What are the causes ?
 4-What are the symptoms?
 5-The treatment .
 6-How to prevent diabetes ?
 7-Nutrients that help prevent diabetes.
 8-Diabetes in UAE.
 9-conclusion.

3. Diabetes
 Group of metabolic diseases that
makes the person have high blood
sugar.
 There are three known types of
diabetes
 Type 1
 Type 2
 Gestational diabetes

4. Diabetes types
 Type 1: the body cant make insulin.
 Type 2 : the body makes insufficient insulin
amount or the insulin is not working
properly in the body.
 Gestational diabetes : only pregnant
women gets this type during pregnancy
and it may develop to type 2 diabetes.

5. What are the causes ?
 Type 1: the body immune system attacks
and destroys the insulin making cells
 Type 2: no main reason until now but
doctors connect this to genetics and the
lifestyle.

6. What are the symptoms?
 Frequent urination
 Increased thirst
 Sudden hunger
 Sudden weight loss
 Vision change
 Tiredness or lack of energy
 Slow healing wounds
The symptoms shows fast in type 1
but takes long time to appear in
type 2

7. The treatment :
 Type 1 : insulin injections + special
diet + exercising.
 Type 2 : tablets + healthy diet +
exercising.
 Both types last for a lifetime

8. How to prevent diabetes ?
 Healthy balanced diet
 Active lifestyle
 Exercising
 Some times change in lifestyle could
be needed like cutting out the
sweets

9. Nutrients that help prevent
diabetes
 Some nutrients can help as doctors say in
controlling the diabetes and sugar level in
blood like:
 Brown rice
 Sweet potatoes instead of regular
potatoes
 Whole wheat food
 Whole grain foods
 Foods that contains high fiber like oats

10. Diabetic food pyramid

11. Diabetes in UAE
 Recent studies shows that almost 19.2% of
residents have diabetes in both types.

12. Diabetes in UAE
 Government keeps working
on educating population
about the diabetes
 The different ways to prevent
the disease from our life’s
 Having lots of activities and
encouraging people to have
periodic tests for diabetes

13. Conclusion
 To prevent the diabetes the best
and most successful ways is:
 have the right healthy diet
 exercising and having an active
lifestyle
 periodic testing for the sugar
 level in the blood

14. The end

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