Metabolic Health

Na cava na “metabolic disease” (What is a metabolic disease?)

Na mate na “metabolic disease” e dau vakaleqa na noda “metabolism”, koya na iwalewale ni kena veisautaki na keda kakana me vakayagataki ena yagoda me vukea na kaukauwa. Dua na kena ivakaraitaki ni sa rui levu na suka ena dra ena vuna na matenisuka. Eso tale na kena ivakaraitaki e okati kina na mate ni tubu dra, na mate ni ivi kei na “gout”.

Metabolic diseases are disorders that disrupt our metabolism, which is the process of converting our food into energy. One example is when we have too much sugar in the blood from diabetes. Some other examples include high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease and gout.

Na cava e bibi kina? (Why does it matter?)

Na tubu ni “matenisuka” ena I ka rua ni mataqali sa tubu cake tiko ga ka salavata tiko kei levulevu sivia ka vakavuna tiko e dua na leqa levu ni bula e Aotearoa. E kilai na matenisuka ena kena vakatotolotaki e levu tale na mate veitauvi, ia e sega ni matata vinaka na sala e so ni veisau oqo ena noda “metabolism” e semati ki na levulevu, matenisuka kei na mate ni salanidra.

The rate of type 2 diabetes is increasing hand-in-hand with obesity and poses a major health problem in Aotearoa. Diabetes is known to accelerate many other disease processes, however it is still unclear exactly how some of these changes in our metabolism are associated with obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Ni vakatauvatani kei na so tale na mata tamata, ko ira na Māori kei na Pasifika era tauvi matenisuka ena Mataqali 2 e Aotearoa e vakalailai sara ga na kaukauwa ni yaga ni wainimate ka vakasalataki vakavuniwai vei ira se sega sara ni dua wainimate.   Na inaki ni noda vakadidike me vakavinakataki cake na veika oqo ena noda kila na cava e vinaka duadua me qaravi kina na duidui tamata eso.

Compared to other ethnic groups, Māori and Pacific Peoples living with Type 2 diabetes in Aotearoa are either prescribed less effective medication or no medication at all. Our research aims to improve these inequities by finding out what the best treatment options are for different people.

Na cava e cakava na Maurice Wilkins Centre me valuta kina na mate ni “metabolic diseases”? (What does the Maurice Wilkins Centre do to combat metabolic diseases?)

Era kila ko ira na vakadidike ni Maurice Wilkins Centre ni so na iwiliwili ni tamata me vakataki ira na Māori kei na Pasifika era colata na icolacola ni leqa ni bula oqo ka ra gadreva na ilawalawa oqo me ra vakaitavi vagumatua ka vakaliuci ena ilakolako oqo. Ni da vakaliuci ira na kai Maori kei na Pasifika ena iwalewale ni vakadidike eda sa navuca me rabailevu na sala eda kila kina na leqa oqo ena noda vakayagataka na iwali veivakauqeti me da vakaitavi kina ena veitabana kece sara ni itikotiko raraba. Na vakayagataki ni kaukauwa sa tu rawa, na parokaramu ni vakadidike ni Maurice Wilkins Centre ena matenisuka kei na vei mate eso ni “metabolic” e kena inaki me kilai kina na sala ki na veiqaravi vou, ka dodonu me baleta na matenisuka, na veika dredre e sotava kei na mate tale eso ni “metabolic” me vaka na “gout”.

Maurice Wilkins Centre researchers realise that certain populations such as Māori and Pacific carry the burden of these health issues and that these groups need active involvement and prioritisation in this journey. By centralising Māori and Pacific people in the research process we plan to diversify the way in which we understand these problems by using innovative solutions to engage with all layers of the community. Utilising the strengths already in place, the Maurice Wilkins Centre research programme in diabetes and other metabolic conditions aims to identify pathways to new, equitable treatments for diabetes, its associated complications and other metabolic diseases such as gout.