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 * 1) INTRODUCTION
 * Ron Santo was one of the most beloved players to ever play on the Chicago Cubs. He was one of the best players to ever play for the team. He was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 18 and kept it a secret from the public so it wouldn't take down his career. When he first found out he had diabetes, he went to the library and found out at the time his life expectancy was 25, but his perserverence to be a big leaguer is what made him want to fight this disease so bad. During his career he was a 9 time all-star and when he retired his time with the Cubs didn't end. He continued on to announce cubs games up until his 70's until he died even with having both legs amputated on. Through Ron Santo's prosperous life and career he had to fight diabetes to just get the triumph to make it to the majors. This was a struggle for him and is for many people throughout the world today.
 * That is why diabetes is crucially in need to be helped and that is what the American Diabetes Association is here for.
 * We are here today to tell you about what diabetes has done and how you can help this cause.
 * 1) Extent of the Problem
 * DIabetes is a disease that cause the body to be unable to produce insulin. Also, it has more deaths than AIDS(20 million) and breast cancer(41,000 in USA alone) combined.There are two types of diabetes Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is juvenile diabetes which occurs in children and young adults and only 5-10% of people with diabetes have this form of the disease. Type 2 diabetes is the most common of the two types and either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.
 * Insulin is needed in the body to convert glucose to energy. Without insulin the sugar can not be taken from the blood into the cells which causes the glucose to build up in the blood which leads to complications.
 * 23.6 million people in the United States alone have diabetes. 70% of the current cases of diabetes are in low and middle income countries. Aproximately 4,110 new case of diabetes are diagnosed every day.
 * The country with the most diabetes cases are India with 50.8 million and China with 43.2.
 * 174 billion dollars is the total cost for diagnosed diabetes in the united states. This is through direct medical costs and through indirect costs such as work loss, disability and, premature death.
 * In our own school there are many cases that affect students of Glenbrook South that we may not even know about.
 * Taking insulin shots does not cure diabetes.
 * Last, this disease is so widespread that it needs the necessary funding like the American Diabetes Association is trying to do and this is why we need you to help out in our goal to fight diabetes.
 * 1) Causes of the Problem
 * 2) Diagnosing diabetes can be an outcome of being overweght, being to skinny or exposure to air polution early in life.
 * One of the causes for this problem is that people have a lack of education on the subject making them not understand what is happening to people with diabetes and how to help them out.
 * Also people are getting false information about diabetes from all these myths going around on how to cure it or prevent it. For example: d iabetes isn't serious, e ating too much sugar can cause diabetes, overweight or obese people develop type 2 diabetes and skinny people don't, kids with diabetes shouldn't exercise, kids can outgrow diabetes, people who have diabetes can never eat sweets, people with diabetes can feel when their blood sugar levels are high or low, people with type 2 diabetes never need to take insulin, insulin cures diabetes, diabetes complications are inevitable.

4. Solutions to the Problem 5. Conclusion
 * 1) One way to help with this problem is by donating to help in the research of how to cure diabetes because there isn't one yet.
 * Also take part in the fundraisers that are going on in your own community to help with this research because the ADA has plenty of fundraisers going on in fact 21% of their profit goes to fundraisers. Then 75% goes to the programs that are going on. ** Total Program Expenses: ** $170,184,000
 * Another way to hep in what we offer is for you to help us advocate in your community starting all that we do, to get even more money letting us be able to reach our ultimate goal faster.
 * Losing weight is an easy way to treat prediabetes. Working out 5 times a week and eating healthy are key ways to do this. Only losing 10-15 pounds can make a big difference.
 * 1) People with diabetes are in need of help. From Ron Santo to kids at GBS, diabetes is a struggle and the help that they need starts with you.