A 75-Year-Old Patient Is Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Multiple Choice

A 75-year-old patient is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and asks why it developed late in life. What is the nurse's best response?

A) "This disease is inevitable since everyone over 70 years will develop diabetes."
B) "The pancreas becomes hardened and unable to produce insulin with aging."
C) "The body loses the ability to digest carbohydrates as a normal part of aging."
D) "The body gradually reduces the production of insulin as a normal part of aging."