Blood Sugar Rising

What Is Diabetes?

Clip | 1m 58s | Video has closed captioning.

Blood Sugar Rising is a PBS special from WGBH, about the diabetes epidemic in the United States. This clip explains the disease, and how it affects the body, outlining the important role played by the hormone insulin, as well as the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Aired: 02/25/20

Rating: NR

Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning

A Production of Structure Films for WGBH. With funding from: Draper, The Russell Berrie Foundation, Sami Inkinen, through the Inkinen Family Donor-Advised Fund, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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