Dita, thank you so much for sharing your experience with our Empowher readers. It is a profound illustration of how small, everyday, seemingly ordinary things can add up over time to be out of control.
Not only is diabetes the 7th leading cause of death in women, it is also growing at an unprecedented pace in the United States. Both adults and teens -- which used to be unheard of -- are getting Type II diabetes at an alarming pace over the last 20 years; the journal "Diabetic Care" called it an "emerging epidemic."
What's the primary cause? Our tendency toward overweight and obesity is the main villain. More than 80 percent of the teens with diabetes are overweight, and 40 percent of them are clinically obese. And going straight toward your point, Dita, is the fact that anytime a teenager has diabetes, she or he most likely has a parent for a caretaker.
If someone is interested in reading more about diabetes, symptoms, causes and treatment, here are some resources:
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Dita, thank you so much for sharing your experience with our Empowher readers. It is a profound illustration of how small, everyday, seemingly ordinary things can add up over time to be out of control.
Not only is diabetes the 7th leading cause of death in women, it is also growing at an unprecedented pace in the United States. Both adults and teens -- which used to be unheard of -- are getting Type II diabetes at an alarming pace over the last 20 years; the journal "Diabetic Care" called it an "emerging epidemic."
What's the primary cause? Our tendency toward overweight and obesity is the main villain. More than 80 percent of the teens with diabetes are overweight, and 40 percent of them are clinically obese. And going straight toward your point, Dita, is the fact that anytime a teenager has diabetes, she or he most likely has a parent for a caretaker.
If someone is interested in reading more about diabetes, symptoms, causes and treatment, here are some resources:
https://www.empowher.com/condition/diabetes
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/102_diab.html
April 2, 2009 - 8:36amThis Comment
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