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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 959305" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>I think a documentary on Type 1 diabetes could be a great thing. However, there are a huge variety of angles you could approach this from. First up, pick your target audience. Are you looking to educate an uninformed public, or are you planning to highlight the best control methods for people already coping with type 1 diabetes? Depending on the length of the documentary, it may be difficult to accommodate both. Of course, that statement could be completely discarded depending on how in depth you plan to be. If you're going massively over complex medical ideas, that's going to take up time. If you're looking more at how lifestyle can be adjusted to suit a type 1, your documentary could be of interest to both general public and type 1s/ their family members.</p><p>One approach you could take is to look at different people and their approach to managing their diabetes. For instance, I and many others eat a low carbohydrate diet. However, others insist that this is not healthy or constructive. You could present different ways to eat (e.g. Go on as normal, eat according to DAFNE, or low carb). I would recommend doing it in a non judgemental way, merely showing positives and negatives of each.</p><p>Alternatively, you could look at how a certain age group deals with living as a type 1. A natural area of interest is the teenage years. Plenty of forum members have admitted to rebelling against their diabetes as adolescents. I was certainly one of these. You could look at the standard of care offered to teenagers with diabetes, and how they do or do not cope with their conditions. Again, a rounded view is important. I had awful control as a teenager. A friend maintained a fantastic HBA1C all through school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 959305, member: 92241"] I think a documentary on Type 1 diabetes could be a great thing. However, there are a huge variety of angles you could approach this from. First up, pick your target audience. Are you looking to educate an uninformed public, or are you planning to highlight the best control methods for people already coping with type 1 diabetes? Depending on the length of the documentary, it may be difficult to accommodate both. Of course, that statement could be completely discarded depending on how in depth you plan to be. If you're going massively over complex medical ideas, that's going to take up time. If you're looking more at how lifestyle can be adjusted to suit a type 1, your documentary could be of interest to both general public and type 1s/ their family members. One approach you could take is to look at different people and their approach to managing their diabetes. For instance, I and many others eat a low carbohydrate diet. However, others insist that this is not healthy or constructive. You could present different ways to eat (e.g. Go on as normal, eat according to DAFNE, or low carb). I would recommend doing it in a non judgemental way, merely showing positives and negatives of each. Alternatively, you could look at how a certain age group deals with living as a type 1. A natural area of interest is the teenage years. Plenty of forum members have admitted to rebelling against their diabetes as adolescents. I was certainly one of these. You could look at the standard of care offered to teenagers with diabetes, and how they do or do not cope with their conditions. Again, a rounded view is important. I had awful control as a teenager. A friend maintained a fantastic HBA1C all through school. [/QUOTE]
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