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Type II diabetes rates rose in the U.K. Approximately 7,000 people per year have amputations as a result of the diet-related disease and 20,000 children suffer preventable tooth decay-burdening the National Health Service. In this documentary, Jamie Oliver reveals how much added sugar is in healthy-looking food and explores how the food and beverage industry markets to children in supermarket product placement and TV ads. He visits Mexico to witness...
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Hollywood actor and Cherokee tribal member Wes Studi, from Dancing with Wolves and Avatar, explains how Native Americans are disproportionately likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, as cultural change has taken them away from traditional active lifestyle and food. Studi points out that native foods and traditional games can be used to promote health and prevent this disease.
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An expert in the prevention and treatment of diabetes discusses the soaring epidemic of type 2 diabetes that is affecting American society, explaining how excess weight destroys the body's ability to process sugar properly and its dangerous implications, and offers an innovative series of changes on every level of society that can help alleviate the problem.
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Diabetes is hidden epidemic that affects over 100 million people in the US, costing close to {20}350 billion each year. Blood Sugar Rising puts human faces to these statistics, presenting personal stories that showcase the struggles of living with this illness and revealing new hopes for better diabetes management and prevention.
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Although type 2 diabetes is common, it is a very dangerous illness that puts people at risk for potentially life-threatening conditions like heart attacks and strokes. However, it is also a disease that can be relatively easy to manage. And research shows that, if patients bring their blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol under tight control, they can lower their risks. This program explores what makes people vulnerable to developing type 2...
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"Rethinking Diabetes investigates how diabetes is perceived and experienced differently from one place to the next. Drawing upon ethnographic narratives from women residing in urban contexts in the US, India, South Africa, and Kenya, the project unpacks how social, cultural, and epidemiological factors shape people's experiences and why we need to take these differences seriously when we think about what drives diabetes and how it affects the lives...
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