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>most people who get Type-2 Do you have any evidence that it's most? >let's shame everyone who is fat for being overindulgent. Being overweight is tied to ma

>most people who get Type-2 Do you have any evidence that it's most? >let's shame everyone who is fat for being overindulgent. Being overweight is tied to many diseases, and costs me a lot of money in health care costs. I have a say in this.

busterarm 11y ago
Skinny people get Type-2 diabetes too. The beautiful thing about figuring out a treatment is that it'll help you if you're Type-2 diabetic and should ease your suffering from the disease regardless of your fitness level.
- forgetsusername 11y ago
  >Skinny people get Type-2 diabetes too. I didn't say they didn't. The OP said "most" people who get type 2 aren't fat. I merely asked for any evidence. Edit: OP didn't actually say that. But: >Just look at family and ethnic correlation. "People of different racial and ethnic groups are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. African Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans have a higher risk for these deadly diseases. This is partly because these populations are more likely to be overweight, have high blood pressure and have type 2 diabetes. - See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/lower-your-risk/nonmodifiables.html#sthash.eOkMBpmR.dpuf" http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/lower-your-risk/nonm... I'd say "family" is much the same, since eating habits are learned at home. I realize not everyone with Type-2 can help it. I also realize there are many overweight people who can.
  - busterarm 11y ago
    I am the OP and that's not what I said at all. I said that most people who get Type-2 are already genetically predisposed to it. Just look at family and ethnic correlation. (rare) Monogenic diabetes is even hereditary!
DanBC 11y ago
>Being overweight is tied to many diseases, and costs me a lot of money in health care costs. I have a say in this. If you have a say in this you might want to look at effective ways to push your message. We know from lots of research that merely yelling "GO FOR A JOG FATTY" does nothing to help fat people lose weight, and probably makes things harder for them.
- tosseraccount 11y ago
  nothing to help ? While some people respond to a pat in the back, others respond to a kick in the butt.
- forgetsusername 11y ago
  >We know from lots of research that merely yelling "GO FOR A JOG FATTY" does nothing to help fat people lose weight Sources? That'd be some weird research. Regardless, it isn't my job to "fix" overweight people. They are welcome to their indulgences. I just do want to pay for the ill effects of bad habits. I have a feeling if they were on the hook for related costs, we'd have a different looking society.
  - busterarm 11y ago
    Why not go to the source then and stop taxpayer subsidy of sugary, addicting foods? It's like we live in a world where all of the inner aisles of the grocery store are stuffed with $3 liters of Vodka and the outer aisles $20 20oz bottles of water and then blame and ridicule people for boozing...
  - DanBC 11y ago
    >Regardless, it isn't my job to "fix" overweight people. It's not your job to make judgemental comments on every single thread that mentions weight, but you never fail to do so.

busterarm 11y ago

Skinny people get Type-2 diabetes too. The beautiful thing about figuring out a treatment is that it'll help you if you're Type-2 diabetic and should ease your suffering from the disease regardless of your fitness level.

forgetsusername 11y ago
>Skinny people get Type-2 diabetes too. I didn't say they didn't. The OP said "most" people who get type 2 aren't fat. I merely asked for any evidence. Edit: OP didn't actually say that. But: >Just look at family and ethnic correlation. "People of different racial and ethnic groups are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. African Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans have a higher risk for these deadly diseases. This is partly because these populations are more likely to be overweight, have high blood pressure and have type 2 diabetes. - See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/lower-your-risk/nonmodifiables.html#sthash.eOkMBpmR.dpuf" http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/lower-your-risk/nonm... I'd say "family" is much the same, since eating habits are learned at home. I realize not everyone with Type-2 can help it. I also realize there are many overweight people who can.
- busterarm 11y ago
  I am the OP and that's not what I said at all. I said that most people who get Type-2 are already genetically predisposed to it. Just look at family and ethnic correlation. (rare) Monogenic diabetes is even hereditary!

DanBC 11y ago

>Being overweight is tied to many diseases, and costs me a lot of money in health care costs. I have a say in this. If you have a say in this you might want to look at effective ways to push your message. We know from lots of research that merely yelling "GO FOR A JOG FATTY" does nothing to help fat people lose weight, and probably makes things harder for them.

tosseraccount 11y ago
nothing to help ? While some people respond to a pat in the back, others respond to a kick in the butt.
forgetsusername 11y ago
>We know from lots of research that merely yelling "GO FOR A JOG FATTY" does nothing to help fat people lose weight Sources? That'd be some weird research. Regardless, it isn't my job to "fix" overweight people. They are welcome to their indulgences. I just do want to pay for the ill effects of bad habits. I have a feeling if they were on the hook for related costs, we'd have a different looking society.
- busterarm 11y ago
  Why not go to the source then and stop taxpayer subsidy of sugary, addicting foods? It's like we live in a world where all of the inner aisles of the grocery store are stuffed with $3 liters of Vodka and the outer aisles $20 20oz bottles of water and then blame and ridicule people for boozing...
- DanBC 11y ago
  >Regardless, it isn't my job to "fix" overweight people. It's not your job to make judgemental comments on every single thread that mentions weight, but you never fail to do so.