Metabolic Syndrome
What is metabolic syndrome?
-The inability to metabolize drugs (hepatopathy)
-A cluster of commonly occurring metabolic risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and T2D
-a disease which disables the bodies ability to breakdown complex sugars leading to T2D like signs and symptoms
Which of the following diets decreases the risk of prediabetes? Western-pattern diet, increased meat consumption, increased sweetened beverage consumption, and the mediterranean-style diet.
The mediterranean-style diet. It includes unsaturated fats that improve glucose metabolism. The foods are rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as fish, nuts, and seeds.
Sarah believes that birth weight, childhood immunizations, and family history are risk factors for diabetes. Is she correct? If not, why?
No. Although birth weight and family history play a role in type 1 diabetes, there is no correlation between type 1 diabetes and childhood immunizations.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Black and hispanic americans have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
Combination contraceptives can increase one’s risk of type 2 diabetes.
A Western pattern diet can contribute to an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes.
B) is incorrect. Combination contraceptives are not a risk factor but progestin-only contraceptives are.
What is a risk factor associated with metabolic syndrome?
-smoking
-drinking
-exposure to toxins
Name 3 metabolic conditions that cause prediabetes.
Obsesity, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease, and polycystic ovary syndrome.
A patient tells you that they have a sibling with diabetes, and asks if this will increase their risk of getting it as well. What do you tell them?
According to Dynamed,siblings of patients with Type 1 diabetes have a 6-7% higher risk rate. Therefore, the patient would have an increased risk.
List 2 metabolic conditions that are risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
Prediabetes
Obesity
Metabolic syndrome
PCOS
GDM
Why can activity help against developing to metabolic syndrome?
Inactivity is not a risk factor at all
It allows for the promotion of metabolism and bodily processes that put somatic systems under eustress.
How does low socioeconomic status cause prediabetes?
It puts you at a disadvantage finacially which gives you less acess to healthy food, ways to exercise, and paying medical expenses such as medications. Can anyone else give an example of how lower economic staus can cause prediabetes?
Does early childhood nutrition impact the risk of prediabetes?
Yes, poor fetal growth, low and high birth weights cause prediabetes.