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Young Diabetics Not Meeting Diet Recommendations

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Many adolescents and young adults with diabetes have diets that fall far short of what's recommended to help manage their disease, according to a new study.

Type 2 Diabetes Rising Among U.S. Adolescents

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

Some 39,000 adolescents in the United States already have obesity-linked type 2 diabetes, and nearly 3 million more may have blood sugar levels that could spur diabetes and other health problems, researchers report. Curbing obesity can help avert a public health crisis, experts say.

Just 2000 Steps and 100 Calories Can Impact Children's Lives And Prevent Disease

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

According to health statistics, one-third of all children in the United States are either overweight or dangerously close to becoming so. Walking 2000 more steps a day and reducing your calories by 100 per day can prevent weight gain for overweight children. The study results proves that this approach can help counter America's obesity crisis.

Beverage Industry Agrees to Halt Soda Sales in Schools

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Bill Clinton, has done what public health experts failed to do. He pulled the plug on public school soda machines.

Comparison of Breakfast and Bedtime Insulin Glargine in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Once-daily dose of insulin glargine at breakfast in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes on intensive therapy is more efficacious than bedtime administration.

Diabetes Drug Use by Children Doubled in US Over 3-Year Period

Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Between 2002 to 2005, the use of agents to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes among US children, 5 to 19 years of age, increased from about 0.3 to 0.6 per 1000, which could have "enormous implications" for long-term healthcare needs and expenses.

Diabetic Children Should Be Screened for Depressive Symptoms

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

Poor glycemic control and frequent ER visits are among the signs that a child or adolescent with diabetes may have a depressed mood.

The Today Study Will Identify Best Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes In Youth

Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2004

The TODAY (Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) study is the first clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Department of Health and Human Services, to focus on type 2 diabetes in youth. A clinical study comparing three treatments of type 2 diabetes in children and teens has begun in 12 medical centers and their affiliated sites around the country.

Young Girls More Insulin Resistant Than Young Boys

Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004

At age 5, girls are intrinsically more insulin resistant than boys are.Type 2 diabetes in young populations predominantly affects girls rather than boys, and girls are more insulin resistant than boys during puberty and adolescence

According to the results, insulin resistance, based on fasting glucose and insulin concentration, was about 35% greater in the girls than in the boys, even after adjustment for a number of recognized risk factors.

Short Moms and Fat Dads Equals Diabetes for a Generation

Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004

A short mom and a fat dad are more likely to produce underweight babies who turn in to overweight adults with increased risk for diabetes.