DIABETE : sucres sous surveillance - C'est Pas Sorcier

Without chocolate and other sweets, life wouldn't be so sweet! Some people take advantage of this to binge, forgetting that sugar can cause cavities, weight gain, and, most importantly, lead to irreversible diabetes! Fred and Jamy have been hired as summer camp counselors! But be warned, this is a rather unusual camp, where everyone has diabetes: the therapeutic education center run by the Association for the Support of Young Diabetics in Abriès. Diabetes is a disease characterized by excess sugar in the blood. There isn't just one type of diabetes, but several: type 1 diabetes, which particularly affects children, and type 2 diabetes, also known as "adult-onset diabetes," which particularly affects people who are overweight. In France, approximately 2 million people are affected. And nearly 200,000 people don't even know they have the disease! While type 1 diabetes is steadily increasing by 3% per year, type 2 diabetes is becoming a true global epidemic: it was estimated that around 200 million adults worldwide were affected in 2005. It is the leading cause of obesity. In the United States, one in five men is obese. In France, the epidemic has also become