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<blockquote data-quote="Celeriac" data-source="post: 934418" data-attributes="member: 188243"><p>The DSN walked past me in the clinic, then asked my name. " But you don't look fat enough to have diabetes " she exclaimed. I had in fact lost some weight in the gym prior to diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>The media creates this stereotypical view of people with diabetes all being fat gluttons with a 12 pack of crisps a day habit. Like all stereotypes, there's a grain of truth in there, in that you can walk around any supermarket and spot obese people with trolleys full of junk. But we're not all like that.</p><p></p><p>I find it really annoying when nurses assume that I love cakes. I just never ate them other than birthdays as a kid. I feel like I'm treated with prejudice because of other people hitting the takeaways.</p><p></p><p>What is really obvious, is how much money matters for a good diet. Not because it costs more to go additive free (unless going organic) but because people on lower incomes were often brought up in lower income families where the most important thing is price.</p><p></p><p>Food gets squeezed when people want big TV's, holidays abroad etc. Then they get surprised after filling their bodies with rubbish, that they get health problems. </p><p></p><p>Supermarkets should take a huge proportion of the blame, for making junk cheaper than real food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celeriac, post: 934418, member: 188243"] The DSN walked past me in the clinic, then asked my name. " But you don't look fat enough to have diabetes " she exclaimed. I had in fact lost some weight in the gym prior to diagnosis. The media creates this stereotypical view of people with diabetes all being fat gluttons with a 12 pack of crisps a day habit. Like all stereotypes, there's a grain of truth in there, in that you can walk around any supermarket and spot obese people with trolleys full of junk. But we're not all like that. I find it really annoying when nurses assume that I love cakes. I just never ate them other than birthdays as a kid. I feel like I'm treated with prejudice because of other people hitting the takeaways. What is really obvious, is how much money matters for a good diet. Not because it costs more to go additive free (unless going organic) but because people on lower incomes were often brought up in lower income families where the most important thing is price. Food gets squeezed when people want big TV's, holidays abroad etc. Then they get surprised after filling their bodies with rubbish, that they get health problems. Supermarkets should take a huge proportion of the blame, for making junk cheaper than real food. [/QUOTE]
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