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 […]
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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. […]
Avoid The High Blood Sugar/ Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic!
Avoid The High Blood Sugar/ Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic! Article by Mark Rosenberg Did you know that high blood sugar problems and type 2 diabetes are reaching epidemic levels in America? That’s right! Approximately 18.2 million Americans have type 2 diabetes! It’s most prevalent in Native-American populations and seems to affect men over 40 more […]