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<blockquote data-quote="zoze_j" data-source="post: 1118966" data-attributes="member: 261782"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Hey guys,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Haven't been around much lately, but I read this article this morning & my blood pressure went up oh-so-slightly to say the least!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Now I know it's pretty obvious from past rants how I feel about the media's blatant rubbish mongering, but this article from BBC is truly fabulous (of course I say that dripping with sarcasm!). Not only is the title misleading, not only do they wait until 3/4 of the way throug the article to mention there is type 1 & 2 (incidently no mention of the others) but then they go on to say that T2 is"the form closely linked to lifestyle". I know that it itself is going to p*** off a lot of the T2 dudes & dudettes here because I have learnt on my time on the forum that SOMETIMES it is for that reason, other times it isn't, and can be as a result of other things (for instance, I spoke to a woman the other day at work who'd called in & she told me she'd developed T2 as a result of getting pancreatitis!). Of course there are so many people who are ignorant of the vast spectrum of diabetes, but surely as news casters, these people should be making an effort to publish <strong>truthful </strong>and <strong>accurate</strong> information! Surely by doing that, they could better educate people on the whole about the condition?! Grrarg! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Plus, the WHO "stats" are again misleading, it doesn't specify is those stats relate to the combined number of people with T1, 2, 3 etc diabetes, or one particular category! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35959554" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35959554</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zoze_j, post: 1118966, member: 261782"] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Hey guys, Haven't been around much lately, but I read this article this morning & my blood pressure went up oh-so-slightly to say the least! Now I know it's pretty obvious from past rants how I feel about the media's blatant rubbish mongering, but this article from BBC is truly fabulous (of course I say that dripping with sarcasm!). Not only is the title misleading, not only do they wait until 3/4 of the way throug the article to mention there is type 1 & 2 (incidently no mention of the others) but then they go on to say that T2 is"the form closely linked to lifestyle". I know that it itself is going to p*** off a lot of the T2 dudes & dudettes here because I have learnt on my time on the forum that SOMETIMES it is for that reason, other times it isn't, and can be as a result of other things (for instance, I spoke to a woman the other day at work who'd called in & she told me she'd developed T2 as a result of getting pancreatitis!). Of course there are so many people who are ignorant of the vast spectrum of diabetes, but surely as news casters, these people should be making an effort to publish [B]truthful [/B]and [B]accurate[/B] information! Surely by doing that, they could better educate people on the whole about the condition?! Grrarg! Plus, the WHO "stats" are again misleading, it doesn't specify is those stats relate to the combined number of people with T1, 2, 3 etc diabetes, or one particular category! :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35959554[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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