You are presenting patient teaching to a 48-year-old man who was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
The patient has a BMI of 35 and leads a sedentary lifestyle. You give the patient information on the risk factors for his diagnosis and begin talking with him about changing behaviors around diet and exercise. You know that further patient teaching is necessary when your patient tells you what?
A) "I need to start slow on an exercise program approved by my doctor."
B) "I know there's a chance I could have avoided this if I'd always eaten better and exercised more."
C) "There is nothing that can be done anyway, because chronic diseases like diabetes cannot be prevented."
D) "I want to have a plan in place before I start making a lot of changes to my lifestyle."
Ans: C
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The major causes of chronic diseases are known, and if these risk factors were eliminated, at least over 80% of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes would be prevented. In addition, over 40% of cancers would be prevented. The other listed options are accurate statements.
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