Type 2 diabetes information on the first link has readability score of 17.8 (Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level) and 24.4 (Flesch Reading Ease) as measured using MicroSoft Word Spell Check readabiltiy statistics.  This is not usable information for most people.  This is where the problem lies!  Americans do not read well and racial/ethnic minorities who are at highest risk even less so overall.  So this website may not be useful.  Also we should keep in mind internet access.  Who has it, who uses it?  I copy below information from the first link below.
http://www.dlife.com/  
Type 2 diabetes is more common in adults aged 50 and older, although it can occur in children and adolescents as well.1 Being overweight or obese and leading a sedentary (i.e., nonactive) lifestyle are major risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes, as is having a family history of the disease. People of African-American, American Indian, Asian American, Latino, and Pacific Islander background are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of the disease, accounting for 90 to 95% of all diabetes cases in America.2 Unlike type 1 diabetes, where destruction of the pancreas reduces and eventually stops the supply of the hormone insulin, most people with type 2 diabetes are still able to produce insulin at diagnosis. However, the insulin they produce is unable to perform its primary job, which is helping the body's cells use glucose for energy. Usually this is due to a problem with the body’s insulin receptors, the location on cells where insulin binds so that glucose can enter (although less frequently there may be a problem with the chemical makeup of the insulin itself). This condition is called insulin resistance.
 
José Luis Calderón, MD
Associate Professor
Health Professions Division
Nova Southeastern University
Ft Lauderdale, FL

 



----- Original Message ----
From: "AboutDiabetes at aol.com" <AboutDiabetes at aol.com>
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:02:03 PM
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2104] Re: New Health Literacy Website

Hello again. 
 
Here are two ways to approach this that may be helpful (and I'm sure there are more):
 You can build it in. 
http://www.dlife.com/   See TEXT SIZE at the top of the home page.

or  
 
allow users to download from your site.
http://www.big.com/faq.php
 
 
Paul Tracey
Learning About Diabetes, Inc.
www.learningaboutdiabetes.org 


 




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