1 Diabetes
2 Human Digestive System
3 Normal Regulation of Blood Glucose
4 Pancreas: 2 Organs in 1 90% Exocrine 10% Endocrine
5 Endocrine pancreas releases hormones to control blood sugar
6 Glucose > Insulin Release
7 Insulin Action
8 Hormones Help Insulin Nature 452, (24 April 2008)
9 Hemoglobin A1c best indicator of control over the preceding 4-6 weeks formed when a glucose molecule becomes permanently bound to a hemoglobin molecule amount formed depends on the average level of blood glucose the hemoglobin is exposed to life span of a red blood cell in the blood stream = 120 days
10 Pathogenesis of Type 1
11 Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults BRFSS, 1990, 1998, 2007 (*BMI 30, or about 30 lbs. overweight for 5’4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%
12 Metabolic management of type 2 diabetes D IABETES C ARE, VOLUME 31, NUMBER 1, J ANUARY 2008