Was there any indication that Mindy has a family history of Diabetes? Just trying to figure out why Danny would say Leo would only get that disease from Mindy. Was he just being an insulting douche?
shareIt's just a highly prevalent disease in Indians. Not meant to be offensive..just a medical joke.
shareIt's because of all the crap she eats--sugar sugar sugar! Worst thing for a diet, makes one gain weight and obesity is known to sometimes leads to diabetes. It was a joke anout her food choices which are terrible
shareOh ok, so he was being a dick and shaming her for her food choices. Not everyone who eats sugar will get diabetes.
shareNo it's because a lot of south Asians suffer from diabetes. It's fairly common. Snowprincess was spot on
shareJust looked up the stats and it appears as though Asian Indians have the second lowest rate of diabetes in America second only to non-Hispanic whites, so I stick to my original assessment that Danny was just being an insulting douche.
shareI wouldn't know about America. But there's been tv features in the past documenting this in the uk
shareI know that Native American "Indians" have a high rate of diabetes. Perhaps that's what you're remembering? Not Asian Indians.
shareAsian women have a higher risk of developing diabetes
http://asiandiabetesprevention.org/what-is-diabetes/why-are-asians-higher-risk
I think you guys are all looking up different statistics. the prevalence of the disease across the different races doesn't equate to risk of development, especially if you don't adjust for general population size.
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For myself, I think we are talking semantics in trying to decide whether Danny is commenting on her race in a bad way or on her eating habits. Since he has repeatedly criticized her eating habits, it's the more obvious answer.
shareI assume he meant Leo would inherit Mindy's bad eating habits which would make him more likely to get diabetes.
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