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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell people she’s diabetic.[/quote]

It's true that sometimes you need to medicalize a condition in terms folks will understand. In this case, I imagine that your explanation leaves people thinking that you are restricting calories out of your own projected vanity. And this is entirely unfair.

People will understand diabetes. Is it true? No. Will it help you get the results you want? Yes.

So, she has diabetes until you sort this thing out.
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Except that what her kid needs, which is no food except from parents, could be life threatening to a diabetic child, who needs something really different which is access to food immediately when their blood sugar is low.

So, telling people she has diabetes might or might not solve OP's problem, but it also creates a dangerous situation for the next diabetic kid that she meets.

OP needs to explain to people that this is en par with food allergies and then act as if it really is.  So, if grandparents sneak food then they are never alone with her.  If you see someone offering her something at a party, across the room, stop them and remind them that what they are doing is dangerous.  [/quote]

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