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An interesting result. Small sample - bu that is not a criticism. What I think is worth considering is the extent to which people have managed their goals through being part of a group. I do work with doctors - specialists - and they seem genuinely interested in the 'method' of reversal - not the 'fact' of it which by now seems to be well accepted.
I think there is always going to be a range of personality types which find success via different routes and not everyone wants to be part of a group - but a support group such as this one seems to be having its own success - as your survey indicates - and that is not a bad thing.
I think the forum is probably self-selecting (people who are motivated to seek out as much info about their condition as possible are likely those who are motivated to do something about it), which is why there are so many success stories.
What is interesting though, is the high proportion of people who actually succeed in reversing the condition (or even successfully manage the condition).
I appreciate the term 'reversal' may be contentious, but how brilliant would it be if diabetes education and media coverage reflected this optimistic statistic. The recent Panorama documentary would have been far more motivating, optimistic and actually more realistic if it had reflected how successful people can be when they are given the right information rather than taking a defeatist attitude that people with diabetes are somehow an unsolvable blight. (Sorry - I have made the assumption that you saw the documentary)