{"id":3713,"date":"2019-05-05T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T11:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=3713"},"modified":"2019-10-06T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T09:24:40","slug":"type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/your-care\/health-wellbeing-2\/long-term-conditions-2\/3447-2\/type-2-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 2 Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person&#8217;s blood sugar level to become too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hormone insulin \u2013 produced by the pancreas \u2013 is responsible for controlling the amount of glucose in the blood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two main types of diabetes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>type 1 \u2013 where the pancreas doesn&#8217;t produce any insulin<\/li><li>type 2 \u2013 where the pancreas doesn&#8217;t produce enough insulin or the body&#8217;s cells don&#8217;t react to insulin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This topic is about type&nbsp;2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/illnesses-and-conditions\/diabetes\/type-2-diabetes\">Further information from NHS Inform<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person&#8217;s blood sugar level to become too high. The hormone insulin \u2013 produced by the pancreas \u2013 is responsible for controlling the amount of glucose in the blood There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 \u2013 where the pancreas doesn&#8217;t produce any insulin type 2 &#8230; <a title=\"Type 2 Diabetes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/your-care\/health-wellbeing-2\/long-term-conditions-2\/3447-2\/type-2-diabetes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Type 2 Diabetes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6577921,"featured_media":3494,"parent":3447,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,false],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/blur-casual-coffee-712513-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/www.dalmellingtonhealthcentre.scot.nhs.uk\/author\/gary-genpra\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person&#8217;s blood sugar level to become too high. 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