[linkydinkandyou]

We spend hundreds billions of dollars each year taking care of people who eat too much, at the expense of people who try to be responsible.

[facetube]

What makes you think people are not trying to be responsible? In other words, what makes you think it's an issue of intent and not ability?

[linkydinkandyou]

How hard is it to not do something? Just don't eat so much, and 80% of Type II diabetes would go away.

[facetube]

How hard is it to not be depressed and anxious? Just don't mope so much, and 80% of depression and anxiety disorders would go away.

[0xcde4c3db]

Have you ever tried just not breathing so much? It's pretty difficult.

[objclxt]

Millions of people suffer from diabetes type 2 who didn't eat too much. Over-eating and weight gain are major factor, but so are genetics and other conditions.

By your logic we should stop funding HIV/AIDS research as well, spending hundreds of billions of dollars each year taking care of people who didn't use protection, at the expense of people who try to be responsible.

[linkydinkandyou]

No, my logic would not extend to people with HIV/AIDS.

Why? Because the majority of people with Type II Diabetes (not all) could cure themselves just by eating less! Instead they put a burden on our health care system so they can maintain their habit.

A person living with HIV/AIDS doesn't have the ability to cure himself with a no-cost option. There's a huge difference there.

[DanBC]

> Because the majority of people with Type II Diabetes (not all) could cure themselves just by eating less!

Do you have a reliable source for "majority"?

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diabetes-type2/Pages/Causes.asp...

Only one of these is "eats too much".

> age – being over the age of 40 (over 25 for south Asian people)

> genetics – having a close relative with the condition (parent, brother or sister)

> weight – being overweight or obese

> ethnicity – being of south Asian, Chinese, African-Caribbean or black African origin (even if you were born in the UK)

[linkydinkandyou]

From the VERY SOURCE your QUOTED:

"Exercising regularly and reducing your body weight by about 5% could reduce your risk of getting diabetes by more than 50%."

They list four risk factors, but the BIGGEST risk factor is EATING TOO MUCH.

[DanBC]

You don't understand what "reduce your risk by 50%" means, which is fine because most people make the same mistake.

But having a horrible judgemental attitude while making this simple mistake is sub-optimal.

[scintill76]

The original claim also included the word "cure", and according to that site there is no "cure." Diet/exercise only reduce the risk of developing it in the first place.