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Or How to Eat an Elephant?

GlucoGuide : An interactive tablet-based monitoring and lifestyle recommendation system for diabetes management employing data mining techniques . Or How to Eat an Elephant?. Charles Ling, Yan Luo , David DeAngelis Computer Science University of Western Ontario.

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Or How to Eat an Elephant?

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  1. GlucoGuide: An interactive tablet-based monitoring and lifestyle recommendation system for diabetes management employing data mining techniques Or How to Eat an Elephant? Charles Ling, Yan Luo, David DeAngelis Computer Science University of Western Ontario

  2. Diabetes: A metabolic disease • Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by high blood sugar aka glucose (hyperglycaemia) • The metabolic control mechanism is regulated by the hormone insulin, which induces liver, muscle, and fat cells to absorb glucose • Type I DM is a total failure of insulin production, requiring insulin injection (~10% of DM) • Type II DM is a failure of insulin response due to insulin resistance or insufficient insulin production (~90% of DM)

  3. Complications of Diabetes • Related Diseases (Metabolic Syndrome) • Obesity (by BMI or excess waist circumference) • Increased blood triglycerides and cholesterol • Raised blood pressure • Complications • Heart disease – heart attack and stroke • Kidney disease • Eye disease (blindness) • Nerve Damage • Erectile Dysfunction • Depression

  4. Prevalence of Diabetes in Canada • 9 million Canadians suffer from some form of diabetes (about 1 in 3) • Incidence of type 2 is increasing rapidly due to: aging population, obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles • Life expectancy for people with type 2 diabetes may be shortened by 5 to 10 years. Source: Canadian Diabetes Association

  5. Cost of Diabetes • People with diabetes incur medical costs that are two to three times higher than those without diabetes. A person with diabetes can face direct costs for medication and supplies ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 a year. • By 2020, it’s estimated that diabetes will cost the Canadian healthcare system $16.9 billion a year.

  6. Ideal Blood Sugar/Insulin Metabolism Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Suckale08_fig3_glucose_insulin_day.jpg

  7. Diagnosis of Diabetes Goal of Diabetes Treatment: To return blood glucose levels to healthy bounds through medication, diet, and exercise

  8. Diabetes – the London Connection • October 31, 1920 : Banting conceives of the idea of extracting insulin from the pancreas • Summer 1921: Best assists Banting in the preparation of pancreatic extracts that prolong the lives of diabetic dogs • Banting had difficulty establishing a profitable medical practice his first year in London....

  9. The Banting House ‘...had I not failed in my one year at London, I might never have started my research work...[London] the place of my hours of misery - and yet it was there that I obtained the idea that was to alter every plan that I had ever made. The idea which was to change my future and possibly the future of others.’ -Banting, 1940

  10. Diabetes = how to eat an elephant ? Diet, exercise, medications, supplements, .... Factors in Behaviour modification: Compliance and adherence, psychology of eating(hunger, comfort, evolutionary psychology), social supports, economic and cultural environment ...

  11. One bite at a time ...

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