aziana was 11 when she found out that, like her mother, she had type two diabetes. - i seen my mom and like she takes medicine, i like didn't want to do that. - now, here's the really bad news. - dr. dana dabelea is with the colorado school of public health. okay, so what is diabetes? - it affects your blood sugar. - it doesn't' stay the way it normally would in a like a healthy person. - diabetes is a condition that occurs when the body either doesn't make enough insulin or doesn't respond normally to the insulin that it makes. - insulin is a hormone that most of us naturally make in our body. insulin converts sugar into energy. with an inability to process sugar. on the other hand, if you eat too many foods and drinks with lots of sugar, you can develop type two diabetes. bottom line, whether type one or type two you don't have the natural insulin you need. - and as a result, the blood sugar levels rise, and that rise in blood sugar can cause damage to the various organs of the body, the eyes, the kidneys, the blood vessels. st found out, i couldn't believe it. i was scared. - [scott