# What Would A Leading Diabetologist Do If Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Type 2 & MODY\ **Tags:** exercise, metformin, weight-loss\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364 "2017-04-06T03:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![britt\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/britt_j/32/55_2.png) [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/1 "2017-04-06T03:01:19Z")
[(November 19, 2008 - Insidermedicine) On a recent trip to Boston, we caught up with Dr. David Nathan, MD, who is the Director of both the General Clinical Research Center and the Diabetes Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Nathan is also the Chairman of the Diabetes Prevention Program, an NIH-sponsored multicenter trial to prevent type 2 diabetes.](http://www.insidermedicine.com/archives/If_I_HadDiabetes_Dr_David_M_Nathan_MD_Massachusetts_General_Hospital_Harvard_Medical_School_3037.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/2 "2017-04-06T14:09:10Z")
Ah Britt, you didn’t give the answer in your post so you made me click the link. Clever! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![britt\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/britt_j/32/55_2.png) [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/3 "2017-04-06T14:51:50Z")
Should I include a tl;dr? ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/4 "2017-04-06T16:00:31Z")
It depends on how busy people are, if they want to click it. A summary might be nice so people know if they want to click. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/5 "2017-04-06T16:07:24Z")
If you want the 50 clicks on a hyperlink badge… Add no description. Hehe ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/6 "2017-04-06T18:54:12Z")
I’m glad it’s not off limits to look at the links between sedentary lifestyles, weight, and diabetes here… ---
**Author:** ![britt\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/britt_j/32/55_2.png) [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/7 "2017-04-06T20:05:43Z")
The answer is in the tags. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-would-a-leading-diabetologist-do-if-diagnosed-with-type-2-diabetes/364/8 "2017-04-06T20:09:08Z")
I know, but I didn’t want to tell anyone. Didn’t want to ruin your 50 clicks badge. 😜