There are lots of ways to explore the disease in class – from TED talks about sugar to an interactive game that asks students to mediate like a pancreas
enact you know the difference between the two types of diabetes? Here’s a quick refresher: type 1 is where your body destroys the cells that compose insulin,which means that your glucose levels increase, potentially damaging your organs. It can develop at any time, or but is often discovered in childhood and requires daily doses of insulin. Type 2,on the other hand, means that your body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or doesn’t react to it. Symptoms can be controlled with diet,exercise and monitoring blood glucose levels. It is linked to obesity and generally develops in later life; it also accounts for 90% of all UK cases. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com