Preventing Type 2 Diabetes is Not Profitable

Economics appears to be a significant barrier to preventing Type 2 diabetes. Chronic diseases last a longtime and cost a lot of money to manage. Many industries profit from causing and treating Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Using direct cost estimates and indirect cost estimates, the annual overall cost of diabetes is estimated to range between $90 billion and $137 billion. The questions that beg to be answered are, what is the cost of prevention? And, why don't we focus on prevention?

The mathematics is very simple when you consider "qui bono" (who benefits). First, Food companies make a huge profit selling junk foods. Junk Foods Otherwise, they would not spend the billions of dollars to advertise 20,000 hours of "junk foods" ads to kids.

Consider the cost of physician care for diabetes, a chronic disease:
1. Endocrinologist (hormone specialist) $____;
2. Pharmaceutical cost of drugs and delivery system $___;
3. Dermatologist (skin specialist) $___;
4. Ophthalmologist (eye specialist) $___;
5. Certified Diabetic Educators and dietitians;
6. Podiatrist (Foot specialist) $___.

The cost of surgical treatment of your complications:
1. Amputations cost $___;
2. Coronary surgeries cost $___;
3. Stroke victims surgery and care cost $___;
4. Kidney surgery and dialysis cost $___;
5. Eye surgeries cost $_____;
6. Organ transplantations cost $___;

The personal cost of:
1. Losing the opportunity of income $___;
2. The cost of prematurely losing:
your health, your leg, your vision,
3. The suffering of people who love and care for you.
4. Caregivers loss of income while caring for you
5. Losing your life prematurely.

NOW consider the cost of prevention:
1. Learning about the keys to prevent Type 2 diabetes cost $____;
2. Eating healthy meals cost $____;
3. Walking a few miles per day $___;
4. visiting your doctor and follow his/her advice cost $____.

Yep, its that easy. Try it on yourself and/or your kids. I guaranty a great return on your investment.

There are many studies reported by many reputable organization that estimate the cost of managing diabetes. Search "cost of diabetes" on search engines like Google and see for ourselves. Fill in the missing numbers and draw your on conclusion.