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BY XIOMARA HUNTER &
SANIYAH MUMFORD

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Type 2 Diabetes is the way that the body produces glucose or blood sugar.
With type 2 diabetes the body either does not produce insulin or it resist insulin which is a hormone that helps control the bodies blood sugar levels.

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Type 2 Diabetes is genetic . African Americans are 49.6% more likely to be obese than any other race. Being obese , not controlling your diet increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
African Americans tend to have less potassium in the body than any other race. Potassium helps maintain normal fluid in our cells, having a low rate is linked to Type 2 diabetes.

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1) Diabetes strikes those of lower socioeconomic position disproportionately, regardless of money, education, or occupation.
2)  In comparison to white women, African-American women exhibited greater depression scores at baseline and a higher risk of diabetes across the study period.

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1) Exercise has a lot of potential for reducing the difficulties associated with obesity and diabetes.

2) Glycemia, dyslipidemia, obesity, and hyperextension are all improved as a result of lifestyle adjustment as a primary intervention.

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My name is Saniyah Mumford , My birthday is 11/4 and I am 19 years old. I currently work as a CNA to gain my experience in the nursing field. My favorite color is pink. I am a health care studies major and plan on starting the nursing program here at CCP in the fall. After I finish my two years at CCP I plan on going to a bachelors program to then get my BSN in labor and delivery to be a Labor and Delivery nurse.

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Xiomara is a health studies major here at community college of Philadelphia. she will graduate in the summer of 2022 and then transfer to temple university in the fall of 2022. Her goal is to become an occupational therapist in the near future because she feel that it is her passion to want to help guide young people through life. She knows that help others is what she loves to do so she will work hard no matter what to try to achieve her goals.

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