Treating and preventing diabetes will only work if responsibility shifts to communities and governments and away from its sufferers, according to four UBC academics in an op-ed published today in The Province.
“In our experience, the most powerful first step in helping those with Type 2 diabetes begins with a simple phrase: It’s not your fault and we’re here to help,” said Heather Gainforth, Mary Jung, Jonathan Little and Ali McManus, health promotion and diabetes researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus.