Diabetes is a very common type of disease. It is also very common among the children. It has the ability to do a great harm to the young children, but with the help of advance medical treatment childhood diabetes can be reduced in a sustainable position. It can be easily detected at the earlier stage […]
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Link Between Childhood Diabetes And Obesity
Twenty years ago it was quite unusual for children to contract type 2 diabetes or adult onset diabetes as it used to be known. It was more common for them to contract type 1 diabetes or juvenile diabetes. The names of the diseases tended to suggest the age of the person that contracted the disease […]
Type 2 Diabetes – Childhood Obesity Is Leading to Diabetes in Adolescents!
The increase in Type 2 diabetes mirrors the increased incidence of obesity which has reached epidemic proportions around the world. At this time there are 45 million obese adults in the United States alone: that is around 30% of the adult population. And these people are all at an elevated risk for Type 2 diabetes. […]
Childhood Diabetes Treatment
Children and teenagers diagnosed with diabetes whether it be type 1 or type 2 need a balanced diet and plenty of physical activity. Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes include tiredness, fatigue, increased urine production, extreme thirst, stomachaches in children as well as headaches and sometimes even seizures or unconsciousness. Adolescents with type 1 diabetes also […]
Childhood and Juvenile Diabetes Symptoms
What Are Some Child Diabetes Symptoms? Are you worried that you child might have childhood diabetes? If so you should know that there are many different child diabetes symptoms that you might want to look for. They can often be the same symptoms as many other disorders, so if diabetes is suspected, take the child […]
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic
This session of Public Health Grand Rounds focuses on the contributing factors and consequences of childhood obesity, including decreases in physical activity, socio-economic and environmental determinants, and advertising practices of the food industry while reviewing efforts to reduce the burden of this public health epidemic. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our […]
Why the Epidemic of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes is Not the Children’s Fault!
For the last 10 years the experts have been telling us that type 2 diabetes in kids as young as four has become an epidemic. Once seldom seen before the age of 60, type 2 diabetes now is found in children as young as four, but the actual statistics don’t really point to an epidemic. […]