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Diabetes: A National Epidemic

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High schoolers investigate the disease of diabetes. They observe research results to graph the trends of diabetes to contribute to the problem of being overweight. They explain in class discussion the physiological changes that occur in the body of a person who has diabetes.

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diabetes, physiology

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Grade
9th - 12th
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Science
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