Derogatory picture put out by Diabetes.co.uk

The proof of involuntary obesity is all the patients after gastric ops who add weight after a few years of their op.
And asthma sufferers who need steriods to stay alive.

britishpub said:

There must be a reason why people get so upset when images such as this one are used in relation to T2D.

I can't think what the reason can be, as they don't bother me, they make me giggle


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You might be lucky never to have been criticised about being overweight when you don't choose to be.

Administrator said:

Hi Maria - just seen this thread. Sorry the image caused offence. Have seen the article and asked for the image to be replaced. We have a new person who is doing the images and so I have a feeling a mistake was made there and not picked up in review.

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All the facebook comments said it all.
It was a shame, it happened but mistakes happen.
It's a shame our members still make the same assumption as joe public.
Obesity can sometimes cause diabetes but so can other factors instead.
I thought we were on the same page in that knowledge. Here.

ickihun said:

All the facebook comments said it all.
It was a shame, it happened but mistakes happen.
It's a shame our members still make the same assumption as joe public.
Obesity can sometimes cause diabetes but so can other factors instead.
I thought we were on the same page in that knowledge. Here.

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I think it's more important to accept obesity can cause diabetics, and more importantly, lifestyle change and weight loss can reverse diabetes.
It's not my assumption, it's my story, so I will help others with it if I can.
I realise it doesn't apply to all, but if I can help one other with it, it's worth telling.

ickihun said:

You might be lucky never to have been criticised about being overweight when you don't choose to be.

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No. I was obese. I didn't sign up to join the club, but I was enlisted anyway.

I still cannot possibly understand why an image could cause anyone to be upset, or consider it to be deliberately disparaging.

There must be more important things to get upset over.


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SunnyExpat said:

I think it's more important to accept obesity can cause diabetics, and more importantly, lifestyle change and weight loss can reverse diabetes.
It's not my assumption, it's my story, so I will help others with it if I can.
I realise it doesn't apply to all, but if I can help one other with it, it's worth telling.

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Totally.
I wish our experience had been around in the 70s.
At least its available in droves now.

Post war was still new to available food, good food in abundance.
How come post war consumers didnt get type 2 til old age?

Starchy carbs were cheaper then too. My grandmother baked once a week, religiously.
Inactivity must take some responsibility?

Inactivity and increasing use of the car perhaps? I also think the huge variety of cheap snack type food doenst help - lots of takeaways all competing to be cheap, lots of cheap snacks like biscuits, chocolate, crisps, etc. The increasing variety must affect people too as there's always something new.

I also think the increasing quick meals - ie what you can grab rather than sitting down for a family meal - doesn't help.

I worry about the increasing obesity rate in children too.

I'm glad the picture issue has been resolved : )

ickihun said:

Totally.
I wish our experience had been around in the 70s.
At least its available in droves now.

Post war was still new to available food, good food in abundance.
How come post war consumers didnt get type 2 til old age?

Starchy carbs were cheaper then too. My grandmother baked once a week, religiously.
Inactivity must take some responsibility?

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Post war eating habits didn't change.
It was a generation used to living frugally, growing their own food, very limited on luxuries like butter, meat, cream, it was primarily flour, and veg.
Everyone walked, or cycled daily.
We have an abundance of food now, and it's cheap food.
We don't walk, and the house is full of 'labour saving' devices.
We're so lazy, our generation had to invent going to the gym as an exercise.

Personally, I have chosen not to invest any more than I had to in why I became diabetic. I preferred to focus on making a positive difference for myself, and those who like me being around. I couldn't and still can't alter the past.

It could be said that having achieved an excellent diabetic outcome, in a short time, by modifying my diet, spending significantly more time chillaxing and without the need for medication were down to the love handles I previously sported with such aplomb were at my root cause, but will it make a difference to what I actually do tomorrow? Aside from redoubling my efforts in the chillaxing stakes, it won't.

I appreciate it's probably much easier for me to say that than some others whose health is causing them more issues than mine, to date, but I just like to look toward the future I want to have, because there's plenty of it, if I have my way.

Why are we'd becoming an easily "offended" culture. Free speech and free publishing is one of my mottos. If you don't like something then ignore it, move on and get a life. The picture didn't offend me as it does depict some but not all who develop T2 diabetes.