Soon after a diabetes diagnosis at 9 years old, Erin Akers grew tired of being defined by this condition and the need to maintain a perfect weight and blood sugar number. Akers shares her struggle with diabulimia and how she helps others navigate a path to recovery.
Soon after a diabetes diagnosis at 9 years old, Erin Akers grew tired of being defined by this condition and the need to maintain a perfect blood sugar number. Akers shares her struggle with diabulimia and how she helps others navigate a path to recovery.
Diabetes is a life-long disease that affects the way your body handles glucose, a kind of sugar, in your blood.
Most people with the condition have type 2. There are about 27 million people in the U.S. with it. Another 86 million have prediabetes: Their blood glucose is not normal, but not high enough to be diabetes yet.
