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Diabetes As The Health Needs In Brent Area, London Borough Of Brent

Diabetes As The Health Needs In Brent Area, London Borough Of Brent

Introduction

In today's era, the trends and behaviours among the people are changing because of the shifts in the economic systems as well as the shifts in the environment systems. The health factor has been also greatly affected by the shifts in the economy. The health of the people is badly affecting because of many factors. The consumption pattern and trends of the people have changes. Numerous diseases have emerged and the number of ill people has increased in the societies. There are now many common diseases that can be found in the societies. These involve the obesity, diabetes, heart diseases, stress, strokes, etc. Along with other diseases, the diabetes is also becoming a serious issue in the societies of United Kingdom (Forouhi, N.G., Sattar, N., Tillin, T., McKeigue, P.M., Chaturvedi, N., 2006, pp. 2580).

There are various areas in the societies of United Kingdom where the different types of diseases are prevailing. The area of Brent in the United Kingdom is also the ethnic minority area where the disease of diabetes is continuously increasing to the rapid rate. It is considered that the diabetes disease in the area of Bent is of worsened condition as compared to the other areas of the England. Diabetes is a kind of diseases in which the level of glucose in the blood increases than the average and acceptable level and it causes the disturbance in the body functioning. Due to the excess of the glucose level in the blood, the body cannot use the required glucose effectively. Diabetes is cause by various factors. The obesity is also one of the factors that give rise to the diabetes diseases. There are some foods such as rice and potatoes that discharge the numerous amount of glucose in the body. The excessive use of such foods also causes the diabetes disease in the individual.

There are also some kinds of diabetes diseases and there are two main types of diseases. These two types are called Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. In Type 1 diabetes, the body becomes unable to create any insulin in the blood and the patent is required to take the insulin from the external source. In the Type 2 diabetes, the body become unable to create adequate level of insulin in the blood. The body creates low level of insulin inside the body. The diabetes of Type 2 is most commonly found among the people all around the world particularly in the Asian region or in the African region. The diabetes of Type 2 is also most commonly found in the United Kingdom. Particularly it is most commonly found in the area of Brent which is the area where minority ethnic people exists (Barnett, A. H., Dixon, A. N., Bellary. S., et al., 2006, pp. 2234). In the Brent area, the diabetes is the mostly found disease among the ...