Eating too much sugar or being overweight causes type 1 diabetes.Inaccurate portrayals in film and television fuel common misconceptions about diabetes such as: Despite how prevalent diabetes is, all types of diabetes are among the most misunderstood and misrepresented conditions out there. Approximately 1.6 million Americans currently have type 1 diabetes ( which includes around 200,000 youth and 1.4 million adults), 34.2 million have type 2 diabetes, and approximately 96 million have prediabetes, a precursor to a possible type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Your work will help educate, raise awareness, clear up misconceptions, increase safety, and reduce stigma. Thank you for sharing the realities of living with diabetes with your audience. You can download a PDF version of this guide here. This guide was created as a collaboration between the diaTribe Foundation and Beyond Type 1.
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