A Sweet Tooth Does not Cause Diabetes

Thu, 17 Jun 2010
Even though roughly 50 per cent of people think a sweet tooth causes diabetes, this is not the case.

42 per cent of people consider that eating too much sugar causes diabetes and a quarter of people are averse to diabetics injecting insulin in public, so say the findings of a Diabetes UK survey.

These are some of the concerns of the 2,032 people interviewed recently.

The charity wanted to dispel some of the myths and prejudices which surround diabetes during Diabetes Week, June 13-19.

The reason for this is that myths are unhelpful and can end up with diabetics being bullied or discriminated against.

Often diabetic children are bullied at school as their peers consider that they have brought their condition on themselves due to eating too many sweets.

It is difficult condition to be living with, without being discriminated against by a peer group.

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