HEALTH TIPS: Kids with diabetes
Posted on : 25-05-2009 | By : Health Promotion | In : Health Tips
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Health Tip – Audio Version - Kids with diabetes
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step:Overview of Diabetes in Children and Adolescents (National Diabetes Education Program)
A study says close to 19,000 children are diagnosed each year with diabetes. Most cases are type 1, when the body can’t make enough insulin. The rest are type 2, when the body can’t properly use insulin.
The report says type 1 is especially common among non-Hispanic white youngsters. Type 2 is frequent among minority adolescents.
Dr. Dana Dabelea of the University of Colorado School of Medicine:
“Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes, and did not used to occur in children. However, we are now seeing type 2 diabetes at younger and younger ages.’’
Proper eating and regular exercise can help to prevent it.
The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Tip courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Last revised: August, 21 2007
Diabetes today is mostly caused by a lifestyle that has less exercise and too much sugar. Diabetes can be easily avoided by just doing simple exercises each day like jogging and avoiding sugars. If you already have diabetes, exercise is still the best way to manage it. Food supplements like Charantia and Chromium also helps.
You can always manage Diabetes by proper diet and nutrition. Food supplements also help slow down some of the side effects of high blood sugar.
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Diabetes can be prevented by just having a physically active lifestyle. Just exercise everyday and avoid eating too much. Avoid sweets and high carb foods too.