diabetes

• what is insulin

  a hormone that our pancreas releases when our blood glucose concentrations are too high
• what does insulin do

  binds to cells and tells them to absorb glucose to stabilise glucose levels
• when does type 1 diabetes develop

  childhood/teenage years
• why does type 1 diabetes develop

  pancreas stops releasing sufficient insulin
• how does type 1 diabetes affect people

  makes them feel ill, could even kill them
• how is type 1 diabetes managed

  injecting insulin into abdomen/thigh, monitoring diet and excercising regularly
• who usually develops type 2 diabetes

  older people
• why do people get type 2 diabetes

  bad diet, lack of exercise
• what happens to the body that causes type 2 diabetes

  the cells become resistant to insulin - won’t take in glucose
• how is type 2 diabetes managed


  good diet, exercise