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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.

Too Much TV Put Extra Pounds on Your Preschooler Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

In a new study, researchers found that preschool-age children who are exposed to more than two hours of TV a day are three times as likely to be overweight than kids who watch two or fewer hours of TV daily.

Waist Circumference Predicts Insulin Resistance in Children and Adolescents Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

Waist circumference predicts insulin resistance independently of body-mass index (BMI) in children and adolescents.

Stable Glucose Improves Classroom Attention in Diabetes Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Stabilizing serum glucose in children with type 1 diabetes appears to improve classroom attention, researchers from Arizona State University in Tempe report

 

 

 

 

 

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