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<blockquote data-quote="desidiabulum" data-source="post: 286362" data-attributes="member: 39515"><p>You're so right about the evils of the 'blame the patient', and this is the real battleground. If public opinion (prompted by the media) blames diabetics for bringing it on themselves then govt policy and funding will follow the lead. As I'm a slim, 'type weird' diabetic i wasted a lot of my time early on after diagnosis telling people that not all non-T1 diabetics are overweight etc, but I realise now that in a way I was actually colluding with the negative stereotyping (implying that slim diabetics are Ok and shouldn't be grouped with overweight ones). Given that we will never know the precise combination of circumstances that cause T2 in each individual, should we be focussing people's attention more on all the overweight people who DON'T develop diabetes? THEY are the proof that this is not a simple result of overeating or a sedentary lifestyle, but that it is a real disease with real victims among those who do develop the condition. How can people be blamed for having a genetic predisposition to develop diabetes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desidiabulum, post: 286362, member: 39515"] You're so right about the evils of the 'blame the patient', and this is the real battleground. If public opinion (prompted by the media) blames diabetics for bringing it on themselves then govt policy and funding will follow the lead. As I'm a slim, 'type weird' diabetic i wasted a lot of my time early on after diagnosis telling people that not all non-T1 diabetics are overweight etc, but I realise now that in a way I was actually colluding with the negative stereotyping (implying that slim diabetics are Ok and shouldn't be grouped with overweight ones). Given that we will never know the precise combination of circumstances that cause T2 in each individual, should we be focussing people's attention more on all the overweight people who DON'T develop diabetes? THEY are the proof that this is not a simple result of overeating or a sedentary lifestyle, but that it is a real disease with real victims among those who do develop the condition. How can people be blamed for having a genetic predisposition to develop diabetes? [/QUOTE]
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