Because of my personal experience with diabetes and that of my family, I am committed to bringing information on onset diabetes, symptoms and treatments to the pages of this site.  For those who believe that genetics dooms you to this disease it is not necessarily true.   Genetics may load the gun but it is “lifestyle” that pulls the trigger.

Did you know that if current trends in childhood obesity continue, nearly one in three American children born in the year 2000 (and one in two minority children) will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime. This has to change!

Recently, the American Diabetes Association was at the White House when First Lady Michelle Obama launched a campaign to combat childhood obesity. They have pledged to join the campaign because we know that obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes is both personally devastating and extraordinarily costly, but it doesn’t have to be like this. Many times type 2 diabetes and diabetes complications can be prevented.

Use this site as a reference, gather as much information on prevention and treatment as you can and determine that you can make a difference to your own health.  Become your own “health care system”!