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Tayé with his friend Micah in June 2018, when he weighed 275 pounds and was not yet diagnosed with diabetes (top left); in August 2019 at 300 pounds (top right); in March 2021 at 190 pounds (center).
Photos courtesy of Michelle Stewart
During the past two years, 17-year-old Tayé Baker has made dramatic changes to his diet and lifestyle and found a brighter future. By shedding more than a third of his body weight 118 pounds after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis and life-threatening bout of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in August 2019, the 5-foot-11 Indianapolis teen put the health condition in remission.
Along the way, there were daily sit-ups up to 100 per day and 45-minute daily stationary bike sessions; a whole new way of eating (goodbye Mom’s grease-fried chicken); and a brief experience with insulin injections that are now in the rearview mirror. Plus, there was a lot of encouragement and cajoling by his mother, Michelle Stewart, a 50-year-old paraleg
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