Human obesity is a serious public health issue that presents detrimental physical, social, and mental health consequences. There are many cultural, economic and political factors that all have association to the relationship between the built environment and its influence on obesity. The prevalent rise in obesity has been linked to a variety of direct and…
Hemoglobin Malaria Haemoglobinopathies
Despite major advances in the understanding of the molecular pathophysiology and control and management of the inherited disorders of hemoglobin (haemoglobinopathies), thousands of infants and children with this disease are dying. As a result in heterozygote advantage against malaria the inherited hemoglobin disorders are the commonest monogenic disease. Population migrations have ensured that haemoglobinopathies are…
Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation
YEOH ENG SENG Maria (titanium number: 47144) is a retired, 65-year-old lady who visited the clinic, for the replacement of her teeth in quadrant 4 (#33-36) after the removal of the old bridge and the abutments by a private dentist due to weakened abutments. According to the patient, her last visit to the dentist was…
Diabetes Management Role Of Health Education And Future Challenges Nursing Essay
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a disease marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from deficiency in insulin production, insulin action, or both. It can lead to serious complications and premature death, but people with diabetes can take steps to control the disease and lower the risk of complications (Bethesda 2003). The World Health Organization…
Childhood Obesity And Obesity Epidemic Health And Social Care Essay
Han et al. (2010) identified that the global prevalence of childhood obesity has significantly increased over the last ten years. Story et al. (2009) note that adolescent obesity as a significant global challenge for health in the 21st century, noting that the prevalence in the United States had ‘quadrupled from 1966 to 2003-2006’. In the…
Physiological Effects Of Obesity – Essay
Measuring body shape can be a rich data about health and the risk of disease. Measuring anthropometry manually could be time-consuming, only a few indexes of shape (e.g. body girths and their ratios) are used regularly in clinical practice or epidemiology, both of which still rely primarily on body mass index (BMI). Three-dimensional (3-D) body…
Lifestyle modification among patients with diabetes mellitus
The study is conducted to evaluate the knowledge regarding lifestyle modification among patients with diabetes mellitus. The discussion in this chapter is based on the findings obtained from the statistical analysis and interpretations in the previous chapter. Paired ‘t’ test is used to test the significant difference between the pre test and post test, chi-square…
Assistant Practitioner Providing Support For A Diabetes Patient
The following paper will reflect on an experience as a trainee assistant practitioner which involved the care and support of a patient with type 1 diabetes. For this reflection I will use Bill as a pseudonym name for my patient as The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010) states that. “The common law of confidentiality reflects…
Diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot ulcer
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic multisystem disease related to abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization, or both. Diabetes mellitus is a serious health problem throughout the world and its prevalence is increasing rapidly. The long term complications of diabetes are what make it such a devastating disease (Lewis, S.2009).The findings of this study may have…
Analysis of Physician Views Towards End-of-Life Care
Introduction: It has been estimated that more than 15 million people will suffer cancer worldwide by 2020( 1 ). According to the report by Ministry of Health, over 30000 people die because of cancer annually and about 70000 new cases occur every year( 2 ). Therefore cancer is the third most common cause of death…