Correlation Between Red and Processed Meat and Type 2 Diabetes
School Name
Center for Advanced Technical Studies
Grade Level
12th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes is highest among African American men and women. Physicians alert individuals to reduce their sugar intake, but there are natural and added sugars in foods that most type 2 diabetics do not consider such as processed meat and red meat. African American men, women, and young adults who consume large amounts of red meat and processed meat on a daily basis have a higher risk of contracting type 2 diabetes because of the processed and added sugars in the meat. I will be distributing a questionnaire to 200 African American subjects. The questionnaire will ask the participant to select one of the three listed age groups, followed by how much red meat they approximately consume in a week, concluded with if they have diabetes, prediabetes, or do not have the disease at all. The questionnaire will be distributed in Irmo, Columbia, and the West Columbia area at churches and doctor's offices. The data will be analyzed, graphed, and then conclusions will be recorded. The data will be represented by percentages and the units will be out of the total amount of people who particpated (300). If the graphs show that majority of the diabetics and prediabetics consume large amounts of red and processed meat, then the hypothesis will be supported by the data findings. The hypothesis will only be refuted if the graph shows that majority of the diabetics and prediabetics do not consume a large or medium amount of red meat. Future work would be to bring more awareness to an underlying cause of type 2 diabetes.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Jalyn, "Correlation Between Red and Processed Meat and Type 2 Diabetes" (2018). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 230.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2018/all/230
Location
Neville 121
Start Date
4-14-2018 11:00 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Correlation Between Red and Processed Meat and Type 2 Diabetes
Neville 121
Type 2 diabetes is highest among African American men and women. Physicians alert individuals to reduce their sugar intake, but there are natural and added sugars in foods that most type 2 diabetics do not consider such as processed meat and red meat. African American men, women, and young adults who consume large amounts of red meat and processed meat on a daily basis have a higher risk of contracting type 2 diabetes because of the processed and added sugars in the meat. I will be distributing a questionnaire to 200 African American subjects. The questionnaire will ask the participant to select one of the three listed age groups, followed by how much red meat they approximately consume in a week, concluded with if they have diabetes, prediabetes, or do not have the disease at all. The questionnaire will be distributed in Irmo, Columbia, and the West Columbia area at churches and doctor's offices. The data will be analyzed, graphed, and then conclusions will be recorded. The data will be represented by percentages and the units will be out of the total amount of people who particpated (300). If the graphs show that majority of the diabetics and prediabetics consume large amounts of red and processed meat, then the hypothesis will be supported by the data findings. The hypothesis will only be refuted if the graph shows that majority of the diabetics and prediabetics do not consume a large or medium amount of red meat. Future work would be to bring more awareness to an underlying cause of type 2 diabetes.
