For lots of people the hardest question is, “What are you doing to control your diabetes?” That’s what a leader of some new focus groups tells me.
“If they have type 2 diabetes, they feel guilty about it,” she tells me. “So they won’t open up about their diet, exercise, testing, and how they take their prescribed medication.”
Feeling guilty is bad enough when you done wrong. But when it’s not your fault, it’s doubly awful.
If you have type 2 diabetes, it is not your fault,...
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