I agree with some of the things that Ms. Fry has just said. I do see these as important topics, both of them. I would like to see them studied separately, though. As she is very much aware, you can certainly have juvenile type 1 diabetes and not be obese. I think both issues are very important. I think the issue of childhood obesity should be studied, and I think the comment that it can lead to type 2 diabetes and that this is reaching epidemic proportions, particularly among our first nations people, is a good study in itself.
The juvenile diabetes topic is one that I have put forward. I'm sure other members have mentioned that as well. We could perhaps have one meeting on that and discuss how we could get some more research dollars into type 1 diabetes, as it's often overlooked. The focus is generally on type 2 diabetes, because it's 90% of the patients. It seems to be where the bulk of the research dollars go. I think type 1 is sometimes lost in the shuffle.
Without disagreeing with Dr. Fry, I just wanted to make the point that I see those as two distinct topics.