My Inquiry Reflection

Last term room 12B were learning about the human machine here is a short reflection about what I have learnt:

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a disease that affects the pancreas, a part of the stomach that produces a chemical called Insulin, which controls a chemical called glucose which is how much sugar is in your blood so if there is too much in your blood, it will clot then you will die.

Diabetes vary in the types. Type one is what you get when you are a child and the pancreas instantly stops working and you cannot cure it. Type 2 is what you get when you are an adult by eating too much junk and your pancreas eventually stops working, while Type 3 diabetes is when you are pregnant and your brain is resistant to insulin.

Diabetes also affects the heart with heartburn and or other things you get from eating too much sugar. Approximately 11,000 people in New Zealand have Type 1 Diabetes.Approximately 105,000 people in New Zealand are known to have Type 2 Diabetes and it is estimated that nearly the same number have undiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes. 

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