Dear anyone writing about the state of Obesity/Healthcare/Food in America,
When you say that everyone is getting diabetes, or will get diabetes, or that diabetes is a sign of poor health, or that all the diabetes is a terrible sign of the times, would you please, please SPECIFY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES.
No Type 1 Diabetic wants to 1)get wrapped up in your disease/body size shaming, or 2)loose faith in your competence as a writer because you don't know the difference between type 1 and 2 diabetes... or worse, that you don't know there even are different types.
We Type 1-ers work really hard to stay healthy, and we have been inflicted with this disease through no fault of our own, or of the modern food system.
I'm sure it's not intentional, but by associating diabetes with unhealthiness, you're creating a stigma for my disease that is completely unwarranted. It's hurtful to all of the diabetics out there (both types), and it sure makes trying to be healthy seem a heck of a lot more difficult, if not impossible.
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