Americans Like Sweets

Posted by Brittany Karford Rogers (BA ’07), Associate Editor

Being diabetic in America is not easy. "You eat a lot of sweet things in America, like way more than in Finland," says Sini, who discovered she had type 1 diabetes when she was 12. "There's a huge gap between lunch and dinner here, and you don't want to go back home between classes. . . . I make my own snacks and sandwiches to bring with me. It's cheaper, and I'd probably just end up buying a hamburger or something bad on campus instead."

Any other ideas on how to stave off the BYU, er, freshmen sweet tooth?