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Risk Factors for Obesity - ✔✔Increases blood cholesterol and triglycerides
Increases blood pressure
Induces diabetes
Increases risk of cardiac disease and heart attacks
Increases risk of stroke
Increases risk of gallstones, osteoarthritis and respiratory problems
Stress with Obesity - ✔✔Increased cortisol as a result of stress may contribute to increased
adipose tissue
,Roles of OT with obesity - ✔✔• Promote healthy living
• Develop occupation-based health programs
• Teach empowerment strategies to promote
wellness
• Encourage healthy routines
• Teach coping and behavioral strategies
• Teach prevention and healthy habits
• Promote bully prevention programs
What is diabetes? - ✔✔Disease in which the body is unable to properly use and store glucose (form of
sugar). Glucose backs up in the bloodstream and this causes the patient's/client's blood glucose to
rise to high levels.
What are the three types of diabetes? - ✔✔Type 1
Type 2
Gestational
What is type 1 diabetes? - ✔✔(insulin dependent) requires insulin to treat; typically developed as a
child or a young adult, it is a disease that destroys pancreatic cells, meaning no insulin production is
possible
What is type 2 diabetes? - ✔✔(Non-insulin dependent) more common and typically affects people
over the age of 45, who are also overweight. Unable to produce enough insulin, sugar builds up in the
bloodstream
,What is gestational diabetes? - ✔✔High blood glucose (sugar) during pregnancy.
What can diabetes lead to? - ✔✔Heart and blood-vessel disease
Peripheral nerve damage
Kidney damage
Eye damage
Damage to blood-flow
Hearing impairment
Skin problems
Alzheimer's Disease
How can heart and blood-vessel disease from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔Coronary artery
disease (CAD, doubles the risk for heart attack, arthrosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries), increases
blood pressure resulting in high blood pressure
How can peripheral nerve damage from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔impact the
peripheral nerves of the
extremities (e.g. polyneuropathy-all 4 extremities); this leads to
tingling and pins-&-needle sensation distally in the fingers and toes.
If untreated, patients can loose protective sensation.
How can kidney damage from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔damage the delicate filtration
system found in the kidneys and in severe cases can lead to
kidney failure or irreversible end-stage kidney disease requiring
, dialysis treatments.
How can eye damage from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔known as diabetic retinopathy
or damage to
the delicate blood vessels to the retina; this condition can lead
to partial of complete blindness.
How can damage to blood-flow from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔distally in the feet,
along with poor
sensation, can lead to inflections and serious diabetic
ulcers that may require amputations (e.g. toe,
transmetatarsal, or below the knee-BKA).
How can hearing impairment from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔patients/clients
with diabetes are more apt
to suffer from hearing problems.
How can skin problems from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔diabetic patients/clients are
more susceptible to
skin problems, such as, discoloration, bacterial and fungal
infections.
How can Alzheimer's Disease from diabetes impact human condition? - ✔✔Diabetics with type II
diabetes have
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