section_path: Society and culture/Naming
section_name: Naming
paragraph_text: Naming
  
  The term "type 1 diabetes" has replaced several former terms, including childhood-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Likewise, the term "type 2 diabetes" has replaced several former terms, including adult-onset diabetes, obesity-related diabetes, and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Beyond these two types, there is no agreed-upon standard nomenclature.
  
  Diabetes mellitus is also occasionally known as "sugar diabetes" to differentiate it from diabetes insipidus.