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Originally Posted by Tobra
I have seen T 2 diabetics that are not even teenagers yet, which is pretty infuriating really. .
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For about nine years I've been helping to organize a charity golf tournament that contributes to DADs (Dollars Against Diabetes). The diabetes presentations we have seen in the past few years are markedly different from previous years. Doctors seem more than just "infuriated" by the sharp rise in "adult-onset" (Type 2)diabetes. They are frightened. Horrified, actually. Apparently, the rise has bene exponential. This, coupled with the expectation that sufferers will experience more, and increasing, overall health problems tells us that the health care industry had better buckle its five-point harness and put its helmet on. This next generation is the first in perhaps the recorded history of humans to be expected to not live as long as their parents.