Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0913 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
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The idea
In type one diabetes the immune system destroys the body's capacity to make insulin; type two involves insulin resistance and is often preventable.
In practice
Type two, once called adult-onset diabetes, now rising among children.
Where people slip
Obesity, diabetes, asthma, injury and poor nutrition fall more heavily on lower-income and historically marginalized groups, through access to food, care and cleaner air.
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