Juvenile Diabetes Association Links Obesity to Diabetes
Their organization has been instrumental in helping to alert the public about the link between obesity in children and type 2 diabetes. They’ve also been at the forefront of funding efforts to test the use of glucose monitoring in adults as a means of helping them to get their diabetes under control. Largely because of this, many adults actually have brought their type 2 diabetes under control.
The Juvenile Diabetes Association is not only instrumental is setting the public discussion of diabetes in the U.S. The are a powerful force worldwide. Typically over 80% of it’s expenditures go directly towards supporting research for diabetes related efforts across the world. They are active in over 20 countries and directly fund over 1,000 diabetes research centers.
