Question

1. Insulin was first developed from the pancreas of a ______

   • pig
   • cat
   • cow
   • horse

2. Advocacy is a big part of what the American Diabetes Association does?

   • True
   • False

3. How many Americans are considered pre-diabetic?

   • 26 million
   • 50 million
   • 79 million
   • 93 million

4. A 28-year-old male had recent blood work performed at his primary care provider’s office. His blood glucose level was 123 and his hemoglobin A1C was 6.3. Based on this information, this patient is?

   • normal
   • pre-diabetic
   • diabetic
   • all of the above

5. According to the lecture, 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day, along with a reduction in weight of 5-10% resulted in a ______ percent reduction in diabetes.

   • ± 40
   • ± 45
   • ± 60
   • ± 80

6. All of the following are keys to preventing type 2 diabetes except:

   • good meal planning
   • regular physical activity
   • reading 30 minutes every evening
   • weight loss

7. More people die from diabetes each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined?

   • True
   • False

Answer 1

Ans 1: Cat

Explanation:The American pathologist and anatomist Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt in 1906, use some cats for ligating the pancreatic ducts, after experiment, The Lydia observed an exocrine pancreas atrophy and, from the Langerhans islands, obtained a beneficial extract for diabetes, which, notwithstanding the fact of not being optimal, kept a discrete glycolytic power.

Ans 2 : True

Explanation: They protect the diabetes patient from discrimination from others to ensure live a healthy and productive life.

Ans 3: 93 million

Explanation: An estimated 88 million adults aged 18 years or older had prediabetes in 2018.

Ans 4: pre-diabetic

Explantaion: A person with prediabetes has a fasting blood glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dl. The fasting sugar level of 6.1 mmol/l (110 mg/dL) or near it, the person is considered to have developed prediabetes or to have an impaired blood sugar level.

Ans 5: ± 80.

Explanation: Normally range in between the 60 to 90 percent.

Ans 6: Reading 30 minutes every evening.

Explanation: This is not related with physical activity.

Ans 7: True

Explanation: 2/3rd of the population suffering from type 2 diabetes have a tendency to die from a heart attack or stroke.  And it is true type 2 diabetes can cause more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined together.