A Family Member Was Recently Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

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Essay

A family member was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. When questioned what dietary changes she has made, the family member replies, "Well now I don't eat fruit because it has too much sugar." Explain why fruit can-and should-be a valuable part of a diet in the person that has diabetes.

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Definitions:

Probability

The quantification of the probability of an event happening, represented by a numerical value ranging from 0 to 1.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory stating that the distribution of sample means approximates a normal distribution as the sample size becomes sufficiently large.

Sample Mean

The average of a sample set of numbers, calculated by adding up all the numbers and dividing by the count of numbers in the set.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of numbers.