3. Below you can find useful information taken from the British Red Cross website about accidents in roads. Put the sentences in the correct order:

Causes

People with diabetes have high blood sugar because their body cannot move sugar into fat, liver, and muscle cells to be stored for energy. This is because either:

• Their pancreas does not make enough insulin;

• Their cells do not respond to insulin normally;

Both of the above.

Symptoms

High blood sugar levels can cause several symptoms, including:

1. Blurry vision

2. Excess thirst

3. Fatigue

4. Hunger

5. Urinating often

6. Weight loss

Because type 2 diabetes develops slowly, some people with high blood sugar have no symptoms.

Types

Type 1 diabetes can occur at any age, but it is most often diagnosed in children, teens, or young adults. In this disease, the body makes little or no insulin. Daily injections of insulin are needed. The exact cause is unknown.

Type 2 diabetes most often occurs in adulthood. Many people with type 2 diabetes do not know they have it.

Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that develops at any time during pregnancy in a woman who does not have diabetes.

Prevention

Keeping an ideal body weight and an active lifestyle may prevent type 2 diabetes.

There is no way yet to prevent type 1 diabetes.

Treatment

Treating both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes involves medicines, diet, and exercise to control blood sugar levels and prevent symptoms and problems.

Getting better control over your blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels helps reduce the risk of kidney disease, eye disease, nervous system disease, heart attack, and stroke.

a) Write true (T) or false (F) according to the information in the text:

I) Oral medication is enough to treat some cases of Diabetes 1.

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II) Doctors know why people with Diabetes 1 produce little or no insulin.

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III) Diabetes 2 often occurs in children, teens and young adults.

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IV) Gestational diabetes is related to a previous diagnosis and family history.

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V) Keeping a healthy lifestyle helps preventing Diabetes 1.

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b) Answer the questions:

I) What is the objective of the text?

II) What are the two reasons why people might have high levels of sugar in their blood?

III) How can Diabetes be controlled?

IV) Looking for a doctor shortly after experiencing some of the symptoms listed in the text is always helpful to guarantee an early diagnosis of Diabetes 2? Explain.

V) Is it possible to prevent Diabetes 1 and 2? If so, what should be done?