Americans are only taking 5,117 steps a day<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThis study surprised me, because it means American are getting half of the exercise they need to live a healthy lifestyle<\/strong> and prevent things like heart disease, obesity and diabetes.<\/p>\nDoing some quick math, I realized that these missing 4,000 + steps can really accumulate, causing a person to gain an extra 21 pounds a year<\/strong>. \u00a0These additional pounds can be the tipping point between a person being healthy and becoming overweight, getting \u00a0high blood pressure, or having \u00a0high\u00a0cholesterol.\u00a0 Or, it could even be the difference between a person with prediabetes\u00a0developing full blown type 2 diabetes, or preventing it all together<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\nNew Perspective<\/h3>\n
During the internship, I\u2019ve been taught a lot of things that I\u2019d not known and had misunderstood about obesity and diabetes. Especially, it was a good chance to learn the distinction between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the important role diet and exercise can play in diabetes prevention, and most importantly that diabetes is no longer the disease for the older generation. People my age, late 20\u2019s, need to start being more careful of their health and live a healthier lifestyle, if we want to prevent diabetes from continuing to attack our generation. It is becoming a global issue, but we don\u2019t necessarily need a \u201cbig solution\u201d. What I figured out from the research and lessons are that we can slow the growth of obesity and diabetes by taking small steps<\/strong>, 10,000 of them to be specific, to improve the health of all nations.<\/p>\nBefore concluding my story, I want to say that San Diego is AWESOME. It not only helped me to achieve my prospective goals, but also provided a bunch of ways to broaden my horizons. I believe that all the experiences that I had in San Diego are invaluable and never forgettable.<\/p>\n
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Hello. \u00a0I\u2019m Minwoo Kim from South Korea. I am 27 years old and have been studying at\u00a0Intrax\u00a0language school in San Diego for approximately 1 year. While living here,\u00a0I have learned and observed many interesting cultural differences between the U.S. and South Korea. \u00a0I have been curious as to why\u00a0diabetes and obesity are growing global issues.\u00a0In… <\/p>\n
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