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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1266965" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>I was just listening to my news just now and they're talking about how they're helping Type 1 kids with this new program run by an institute here. It sounded great for them and their families as they teach them about food, etc. They end the story with Type 1 is often misunderstood as it is a genetic auto immune disorder unlike type 2 which can be caused by lifestyle choices. I'm thinking are they saying Type 2 isn't genetic then? Well that's nice... just continue to bang on about type 2 is a lifestyle disease again. lol. I really wish they would add lines like "type 2 has a number of precursors, and lifestyle may be one of them" instead of wording it so the public just thinks it is caused by lifestyle only. For those of us that had numerous precursors including another hormone condition we have to explain ourselves all the time to people. Of course I have to explain I'm not type 1 every time someone finds out I'm on insulin. So I think when it comes to education there's a lot people don't know about types in general. But lumping everyone in one bucket by the media has to stop. Ok rant over. lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1266965, member: 211362"] I was just listening to my news just now and they're talking about how they're helping Type 1 kids with this new program run by an institute here. It sounded great for them and their families as they teach them about food, etc. They end the story with Type 1 is often misunderstood as it is a genetic auto immune disorder unlike type 2 which can be caused by lifestyle choices. I'm thinking are they saying Type 2 isn't genetic then? Well that's nice... just continue to bang on about type 2 is a lifestyle disease again. lol. I really wish they would add lines like "type 2 has a number of precursors, and lifestyle may be one of them" instead of wording it so the public just thinks it is caused by lifestyle only. For those of us that had numerous precursors including another hormone condition we have to explain ourselves all the time to people. Of course I have to explain I'm not type 1 every time someone finds out I'm on insulin. So I think when it comes to education there's a lot people don't know about types in general. But lumping everyone in one bucket by the media has to stop. Ok rant over. lol. [/QUOTE]
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