Race, risk and behaviors: Type 2 diabetes update

The behavioral issues associated with patients’ self-management of type 2 diabetes is the special focus of a recent journal release. “Diabetes, perhaps more so than any other chronic disease, requires people to significantly modify their behaviors -— sometimes in ways that are contrary to their cultural norms and backgrounds -— even when they don’t ‘feel’ sick or experience symptoms of the disease,” said one expert. Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder affecting about 24 million people in the United States.

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