Diabetes - A Modern Age Epidemic

Diabetes – A Modern Age Epidemic

 
I have chosen to research the topic of Diabetes as this is a disease that affects my family personally and one that is been described as a growing epidemic in New Zealand.

Carvill (2013) states that “Diabetes is internationally regarded as the most rapidly growing chronic disease of our time and health statistics show the number of Kiwis with diabetes has almost doubled in the past 10 years”.

It has been suggested that the diabetes epidemic can and will claim many kiwi’s lives and can potentially cripple the New Zealand health sector, if action is not taken to gain control over or prevent the disease.

By this information, I too, believe that this disease or epidemic is and should be of great concern to New Zealander’s and the New Zealand government as it affects both the lives of Kiwis and the operations and funding of the health sector, therefore should alarm policymakers and health funders (Coppell, 2013).

Through doing research on this topic, I would like to gain more understanding about the topic and gain insight as to how we as a nation can contribute towards preventing the disease within our population. 

I would like to investigate the causes of Diabetes and determine whether we are able to make a difference to society and the future statistics by educating, not only the general public, but directly the families, whanau and children we teach within early childhood.