Just watched channel 4 and heard a nurse pointing at all the Easter eggs donated and saying our staff are going to get diabetes!!! Now most of my family are nhs staff and they are marvellous, but to state this!!
Not sure what your point is here. Excessive consumption of sugary/carby foods is undoubtedly a risk factor for the onset of diabetes and this could be seen as a health message. Or are you perceiving the comment as ungrateful or blaming diabetics for their condition?Just watched channel 4 and heard a nurse pointing at all the Easter eggs donated and saying our staff are going to get diabetes!!! Now most of my family are nhs staff and they are marvellous, but to state this!!
I think the problem is that every time someone says 'Oh my, all this food is going to give me diabetes' it's reinforced diabetics made wrong choices and should've known better. It's just not true. For one, many people get T2 when having been roughly following official advice for years. Secondly, most people eating rubbish don't ever get diabetes (but often still blame diabetics for getting diabetes). Third, a one-off sugar feast has never ever given someone diabetes.Not sure what your point is here. Excessive consumption of sugary/carby foods is undoubtedly a risk factor for the onset of diabetes and this could be seen as a health message. Or are you perceiving the comment as ungrateful or blaming diabetics for their condition?
I think diabetics did unknowingly give themselves diabetes, I certainly did. As a techy I am ashamed to say I did not know carbs turn to sugar. I actively avoided sugary drink, sugar in tea and the like, but are high carb "healthy" (so called) starches and tropical fruits galore.I think the problem is that every time someone says 'Oh my, all this food is going to give me diabetes' it's reinforced diabetics made wrong choices and should've known better. It's just not true. For one, many people get T2 when having been roughly following official advice for years. Secondly, most people eating rubbish don't ever get diabetes (but often still blame diabetics for getting diabetes). Third, a one-off sugar feast has never ever given someone diabetes.
Do you know how many children with diabetes get comments about all the sugar they must have eaten, thanks to the 'common knowledge' that eating sweets gives you diabetes?
Just watched channel 4 and heard a nurse pointing at all the Easter eggs donated and saying our staff are going to get diabetes!!! Now most of my family are nhs staff and they are marvellous, but to state this!!
My response did cover the blame issue. Totally agree it could be taken that way and a throw away non specific comment from the nurse can be misleading.I think the problem is that every time someone says 'Oh my, all this food is going to give me diabetes' it's reinforced diabetics made wrong choices and should've known better. It's just not true. For one, many people get T2 when having been roughly following official advice for years. Secondly, most people eating rubbish don't ever get diabetes (but often still blame diabetics for getting diabetes). Third, a one-off sugar feast has never ever given someone diabetes.
Do you know how many children with diabetes get comments about all the sugar they must have eaten, thanks to the 'common knowledge' that eating sweets gives you diabetes?
Just watched channel 4 and heard a nurse pointing at all the Easter eggs donated and saying our staff are going to get diabetes!!! Now most of my family are nhs staff and they are marvellous, but to state this!!
My point was that, we stuffed our faces with rubbish and ended up with diabetes.
As a type 1 I did used to think that I had a morally superior form of diabetes and that people like my dad suffered from gluttony, sloth and a lack of will power.I wholeheartedly agree with you and as a Professional, this person should know better than to spout ridiculous stereotypes. Yes, I am sure that eating 'sugary things' won't help someone with diabetes but if it was down to that and only that then why are those who also consume carbs/sugar NOT diabetics, getting it is far more complicated than down to what you eat. It angers me when ignorant people reinforce nonsense and to those that say 'so what, don't get offended' they have clearly never seen the hurt and humiliation some people suffer from such comments of either type. I doubt any such comments would be made were it any other chronic condition, for some reason with diabetes it's ok. x