Fighting Diabetes Is A Family Affair

Now there is no hope.

Once the family is needed, the war is lost.

"Probing relatives about a history of type 2 diabetes in the family and tackling an unhealthy lifestyle as a family, could be the answer to curbing Australia's diabetes epidemic, according to health professionals. Launching National Diabetes Week in Melbourne this week, National President of Diabetes Australia, Dr Gary Deed, encouraged Australians to discuss any family history of type 2 diabetes with loved-ones."

It is usually these very "loved-ones," e.g., parents, who are the problem.

" 'If both your parents have type 2 diabetes, you will have a one in two chance of developing the condition yourself. Families need to talk about diabetes, assess their risk and see their doctor for a full risk assessment,' said Dr Deed."

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

Most people do not exactly "develop" Type 2 diabetes, as one, for example, "develops" breasts or facial hair.

They eat their way to Type 2 diabetes.

One "develops" Type 2 diabetes as one "develops" a drinking problem.

Fat parents have fat kids.

Fat kids are more likely to get Type 2 diabetes.

It is the family that is the problem.

If these fatsos wanted to fight diabetes in the first place, they would not have gotten so fat and ruined their kids lives, too.

"He said while it was impossible to change our genes, there were ways to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes."

And with help from a moron like this doc, since becoming too fat is not a genetic issue, for sure the Type 2 diabetics are screwed.