Education for Diabetes

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ABC news report highlighting childhood obesity & rising rates of type 2 diabetes in children.

Most people you ask associate the Type 2 diabetes disease to older adults, but not anymore. Investigators from the University of Washington in Seattle now report that very young adults and even children are getting the disease in record numbers.

Their study shows that Type 2 diabetes may be affecting as many as 39,000 adolescents between ages 12 and 19. Even more alarming is that another 2.5 million kids are known to be suffering from impaired fasting blood sugar levels, considered a prelude to contracting the disease.

This study is based on blood sugar testing performed in about 1,500 teens without a diagnosis of diabetes. About 11 percent were found to have high fasting blood sugar levels. The researchers used that figure to estimate the incidence of diabetes and impaired fasting blood sugar levels in the general population of teens.

So the big question is why so many children are and young adults getting Type 2 diabetes what was once previously considered an adult disease? Arlan L. Rosenbloom, M.D., from the Children’s Medical Services Center in Gainesville, Fla., attributes the increased risk to the growing obesity epidemic among young people and calls for greater public health efforts to combat the situation.

He goes on to say that “It is to be hoped that the recognition of the public health time bomb reflected in the report will lead to a pervasive societal effort to prevent obesity, a daunting task of such magnitude that enormous community and governmental commitments will be required”.

What you need to realize is that as parents of children who are in the early stages of acquiring Type 2 diabetes can set examples for their children by cutting down on all the fast foods and eating foods with little of no nutrition for the body. You are eating yourself to death!

As a parent you need to lead the way and lose weight using low fat foods, exercise and practice a healthier lifestyle, then teach your children to do the same. In today’s hectic high pressure world everyone is going to slip and eat some fast food, but you shouldn’t eat fast foods all the time.

Remember that movie filmed awhile back called “Super Size Me”? This movie shows why are Americans so fat? Super Size Me is a tongue in-cheek look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America’s hunger for fast food.

Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight or obese which leads to Type 2 diabetes. Is it our fault for lacking self-control, or are the fast-food corporations to blame? I think both are to blame. If we only knew what lies down the road after we eat all that fast food. It will slowly and surely lead to a lifetime of regret and treatment for the incurable disease called Type 2 diabetes.

About 9million children over the age of 6 are considered overweight in this country. The American obesity epidemic has been passed to our youngest generation. Overweight children are at far greater risk of developing some chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition to putting their health at risk, overweight children are often subjected to exclusion by their peers, which can affect their emotional well-being. Teaching kids the importance of eating well and being physically active at a young age is crucial to reversing the trend of childhood obesity in this country. New PSAs featuring US Olympic Hopefuls paired with qubo’s animated characters reinforce the “Be a Player” message, as well as messages about “Energy Balance” and “Portion Size”.

The third of a 3-part series on food, health, hunger, and obesity with Texas health and food guru Dr. Eduardo Sanchez. Presentations given at the 22nd annual Texas United Methodist Women’s Legislative Event January 24, 2010.

About 9 million children over the age of 6 are considered overweight in this country. The American obesity epidemic has been passed to our youngest generation. Overweight children are at far greater risk of developing some chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition to putting their health at risk, overweight children are often subjected to exclusion by their peers, which can affect their emotional well-being. Teaching kids the importance of eating well and being physically active at a young age is crucial to reversing the trend of childhood obesity in this country. This campaign launched in November 2005 to encourage kids to look at food differently by asking, “Can Your Food Do That?” The PSAs seek to provide children with a meaningful reason to make better food choices- that healthy foods can help them do the things they love to do, only better, and they might even have fun with it.

ABC news report highlighting childhood obesity & rising rates of type 2 diabetes in children. This Video should be a Wake Up Call for America. Lazy America: STOP Harming Our Future Generations.

Our hospital’s role in fighting the growing childhood Type 2 diabetes epidemic in our nation.

Elizabeth Rose was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 4. Her childhood wishes turned from kittens and puppies to wanting to stay alive. After her diagnosis her wish to help other children with diabetes led to starting a nonprofit organization that has helped more than 15000 people with since 2006. Copyright for “Better Together,” Jack Johnson.