Describe type 1 and type 2 diabetes

The major forms of diabetes are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. And there's a lot of overlap, actually, between the two

conditions. But broadly speaking, type 1 diabetes is a condition where the body is making little or no insulin,

whereas type 2 diabetes is a situation where the body may be making in fact a lot of insulin.

But there is a resistance to the actions of insulin in the body. Now, type 1 diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes.

But we don't really use that term anymore because we diagnose a lot of adults to have type 1 diabetes. And similarly, unfortunately as overweight and obesity

is becoming more common in children and adolescents, we're diagnosing type 2 diabetes more commonly

in those age groups. People with type 1 diabetes always need insulin as treatment.

People with type 2 diabetes may or may not need insulin. But insulin will always work in those patients as well.