Presented by Dr Elaine Barrington-Ward 30 minutes. Jennifer's doctorate in health sciences thesis topic was 'New Zealand GPs and nutrition care — perceptions, perceived competence and barriers to provision'. Jennifer is a registered dietitian, registered sports dietitian and secondary teacher with extensive experience in teaching nutrition education. Pacific patients and T2D: How can we do better? Goodfellow MedCases, This Medcase discusses rapid escalation of treatment for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, highlighting ideas to improve outcomes for Pacific patients.
Looking for Where to get medical help A health professional or service Patient portals Newsletters View all. What is type 2 diabetes? Print A A A Previously known as non-insulin dependent diabetes or adult onset diabetes. How is type 2 diabetes managed?
Healthy lifestyle to improve blood glucose control and heart health Weight reduction — losing weight is an important target for most people with type 2 diabetes.
Most people lose weight when they have a healthier diet and increase physical activity. You may also want to consider a weight loss programme. Healthy eating — this means eating plenty of vegetables and fresh fruit, whole grains, lean meat, fish and eggs, in the right portions. You also need to eat low-fat and low-sugar dairy products, healthy oils and nuts. Increase physical activity — aim for 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, such as brisk walking, on most days.
When possible, increase activity time to 60 minutes per day. A healthy lifestyle and quitting smoking also help with blood pressure and cholesterol control. Medicines for type 2 diabetes Diabetes medications are started when lifestyle changes have not been successful. Do I need insulin? The insulin you inject is manufactured in a laboratory. It is made to mimic the action of insulin that occurs naturally in your body.
It is a very safe product to take. Insulin is injected just under your skin, not in a vein. The common ways of using insulin for type 2 diabetes include: once a day — often at bedtime 2 times a day — morning and evening. Range of courses covering basics about diabetes Who is it run by?
More effective food labelling would help consumers to better understand what they are putting in their supermarket trolleys, and encourage food producers to forge ahead with reformulating products so they contain less harmful ingredients.
We must not forget that in some parts of New Zealand, families experience food scarcity and insecurity and buy cheaper, less healthy foods.
We must remedy this by tackling the root causes of poverty. Read more: A disease that breeds disease: why is type 2 diabetes linked to increased risk of cancer and dementia? In addition to public health measures, there are also things we can do immediately to improve the treatment and care of people who already have type 2 diabetes and to prevent people with pre-diabetes from progressing further.
The report recommends rolling out four cost-effective programmes which could help thousands of New Zealanders:. Read more: Got pre-diabetes? Here's five things to eat or avoid to prevent type 2 diabetes. Pacific at Otago Close. Search the University of Otago Search. The social and economic cost of type 2 diabetes Home Engage News.
The team undertook cost-benefit analyses on each of four interventions, which are predicted to save hundreds of millions of dollars and improve the lives of thousands of people affected by this disease: Healthy People, Healthy Lives intervention — community-centred lifestyle programme for preventing prediabetes progressing to type 2 diabetes; Owning our Futures — reversal of type 2 diabetes through clinical nutrition therapy; Better Diabetes Medications intervention — better management of type 2 diabetes; Foot Screening and Protection — prevention of serious foot-related complications, such as amputation, for people with type 2 diabetes.
Key points from the report Around , New Zealanders or 4. There is a shift towards people developing type 2 diabetes at a younger age, which is expected to increase the personal and economic impact of type 2 diabetes significantly. A holistic, system-wide response from the New Zealand Government, society and individuals is urgently needed to change the projected prevalence, costs and health outcomes of type 2 diabetes.
Shift towards younger people developing type 2 diabetes expected to increase personal and economic impact of type 2 diabetes significantly. Holistic and system-wide response from Government, society and individuals needed urgently to change projected type 2 diabetes prevalence, costs and health outcomes. Four interventions could save hundreds of millions of dollars each, increase life expectancy and improve quality of life for a huge number of New Zealanders.
The report was funded in part by a generous donation from Tony and Heather Falkenstein. The sponsors of the study are calling on the NZ Government to take urgent action now to slow the current and predicted trajectory of type 2 diabetes in New Zealand.
Type 2 diabetes is not tracked as a national health target for a start, and yet the figures are growing at an alarming rate. The report provides a strong case for reorienting policy and prioritising resources to address type 2 diabetes towards more equitable and effective interventions.
Despite the dramatically increasing numbers of people with type 2 diabetes in Aotearoa, the report reveals some good news about resolving this alarming issue. The team investigated several viable and promising solutions that could flatten this trajectory, and greatly reduce both human and economic costs.
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