 Originally Posted by SRP76
Funny, my worthless diabetic ass seemed to come in handy while serving this pissant country in military service. Oh, but I suppose I asked to inherit this condition! Maybe I wanted to have to take shots every day! What fun.
Should I line up for the mass grave now, or later? Me and the rest of these damn diabetics.
daaaaaammmn...chill out man...you've put your time in, so you rate benefits, the way i see it. when i talk about diabetics, i am referring to those who develop the disorder due to poor diet, lack of exercise, and general apathy about their health.
my grandfather was a diabetic, so i don't automatically hate/detest everyone who has diabetes, because i realize that there is a strong genetic link to diabetes...however,
"The growing American diabetes epidemic is Type 2 diabetes. Between 90 and 95 percent of all cases of diabetes in this country are Type 2. Historically, Type 2 was a disease of old age and late middle age. It’s onset is more gradual than that of Type 1, and can take years to fully develop, but if unchecked can have the same consequences. And while there are other factors associated with Type 2, the two greatest risk factors, by far, are obesity and lack of physical activity. Type 2, until very recently, was extremely rare in children and adolescents. Only one or two percent of children with diabetes had Type 2 previously. In the 1990s, there was an alarming increase in the rates of Type 2 diabetes among children; now almost ten percent of children with diabetes have Type 2. In some high risk groups, almost 50 percent of diabetic children are Type 2. And fully 85 percent of all children with Type 2 diabetes are obese.
The rate of childhood obesity in America is itself a national scandal and a tragedy, and doctors are now calling it an epidemic, too. And this epidemic of childhood obesity has led directly to the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. And when we say “obese”, we’re not talking about a few pounds of baby fat. Obesity is not being merely overweight—it’s being severely overweight. When most of us (50ish) were growing up, it was rare to see an obese child. We all knew a few chubby kids who bought their clothes in the “Husky” section of the children’s department, but there weren’t many of them, and most of us can’t recall hardly any kids of our generation who were really obese. But if you’ve been to a mall lately, or driven by a school playground at recess, you know how prevalent this problem is these days. Americans have begun getting much, much fatter in the past two decades, and our children have too. Fully one third of children in America are obese. Think of it—one child in three in this country is severely overweight. And every one of them is at risk for Type 2 diabetes."
this is from: http://health-co-op.com/articleswp/2...-dysfunctions/ and there's more to read if you've got the time.
anywho, this is the group that i don't want my tax dollars supporting, as this is something that can be avoided with personal initiative. sorry you took offense, thanks for your service.
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