Blue circle: the symbol of diabetes

HIV/Aids has the red ribbon. But what is the international symbol for diabetes?

Get your diabetes blue circle pin at http://shop.idf.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=63

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• diabetes
• diabetes blue circle
• diabetes symbol
• world diabetes day
• WDD

[rwarfieldjr]

I have been a Diabetic for 30 years and this the first I have heard of the blue circle. I am going to get one and wear it! Diabetics Unite!

[WorldDiabetesDay]

@rwarfieldjr We salute your spirit! Happy World Diabetes Day.

ps: the blue circle pin and other WDD merchandize can be found in the IDF online shop. The url is in the video description.

[WorldDiabetesDay]

The blue circle for diabetes is a relatively new symbol. It has been around since 2006.

Someday, it will be as well known as HIV/AIDS' red ribbon, which only really got famous after 10 years of existence.

[webwarren]

@WorldDiabetesDay In the US, some groups of people represent diabetes with a gray ribbon, singly-looped (like the AIDS ribbon) with the image of a drop of blood on one streamer; others, with a white ribbon with a symbolic drop of blood (usually a red crystal) at the juncture of the two ends. The WDD circle is not nearly as widely-known, despite efforts of those of us in the diabetes online community.

[vitalis086]

@maikie69

Hi there. The same for me - I am type1 diabetic for a almost year and this is first time I hear it.

[maikie69]

I am diabetic for quite some years now, but I wasn' t aware of this symbol!