The rates of obesity have grown quite a bit over the last few decades but the rates of diabetes have not. And yet you hear every day all of the time about the diabetes epidemic from all sources. News reports, public health sources, and doctors too. It’s become a mantra, most people simply accept it as fact because they hear it so often. The same is true for obesity can cause diabetes, this is another myth accepted as fact because it’s said so often. This brings to mind the statement about “don’t believe everything you hear, no matter where you hear it from”. Take time to look at the real statistics.
just as much as ever! 
When I was diagnosed, close to 11 years ago, I was told “you are diabetic”, given a prescription for some medication, and told to wait for a nurse to come in and give me an insulin shot. When I picked up the prescription I was given a 10-page booklet telling me “All About How to Mange Diabetes”, and sent on my way. That was the extent of my “education”. 