Confronting Complacency in the Face of Calamity: Mobilizing for the Home Front War against Diabetes
Journal Title: Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Despite the damage Type 2 Diabetes (DM2) is wreaking on vulnerable families and communities, the US clinical, public health and scientific communities have not yet mobilized for a public health war against DM2. This war requires us to confront our “diabetogenic” society – characterized by sedentary lifestyles, marketing that push diets engorged with processed sugars, and neighborhoods where it is easier and safer to drive than walk. I describe 6 causes for this complacency, and highlight solutions from other recent sociomedical epidemics in which we overcame complacency to generate lifesaving policies. It is time for those fighting DM2 one small clinical battle at a time to become more active in shaping DM2 policy and enlist en masse in the larger policy war against DM2.
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Dean Schillinger
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- DOI 10.15226/2374-6890/3/5/00163
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