27.6 Path: A diet for diabetes

Question 1

What is the fastest growing chronic disease in Australia?

Answer 1

Diabetes! (T2DM: 87% of all diabetes)

Question 2

What is the obesity rate in Aus?

Where does Aus sit compared to the rest of the world?

Answer 2

27% (3rd worst in the world)

Question 3

What is the first line treatment for T2DM?

Answer 3

Diet and exercise

Question 4

What is an obesogenic environment?

Answer 4

Sedentary lifestyle
Decreased physical activity
Urbanised living
Technological advances

Question 5

How does the TPP alter government efforts to improve diet?

Answer 5

Limits scope for policy development

Ability for industry to sue governments

Question 6

What did mediterranean diets show in preventing T2D? CVD?

Answer 6

Lower central obesity and T2D prevented with this diet

Lower CVD risk

Question 7

What was consumption of vegetables, olive oil and nuts associated with?

Answer 7

Longer time w/o diabetes

Question 8

What is the best diet for diabetes?

Answer 8

A healthy diet, same as the one for everyone else (aka Mediterranean style diet)