WOMAN
ZOOM Discussion : health
Diabetes
By emilie thee 2005-12-13
Diabetes is a lifelong condition where either your body does not produce enough insulin, or your body cannot use the insulin it produces. Your body needs insulin to change the sugar from food into energy. There are three main types of diabetes:
Type 1, where the body makes little or no insulin;
Type 2, where the body makes insulin but cannot use it properly; and
Gestational Diabetes, where the body is not able to properly use insulin during pregnancy. This type of diabetes goes away after the baby is born.
Nine out of ten people with diabetes have Type 2.
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