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Half of U.S. Children Have Diabetes Risk Factors

Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006

The study, of 1,740 eighth-graders at 12 U.S. schools, found that half were overweight or on the verge of becoming overweight -- one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes

Age Determines Utility of Insulin Pump in Children With Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Treating children with type 1 diabetes with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion - rather than multiple daily injections - improves their long-term glycemic control if they are under 12 years of age, new findings suggest.

For children over 12, while metabolic control levels remain comparable with either process, continuous infusion decreases the typical weight gain

Low Serotonin Activity Seen in Diabetic Children

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Low brain serotonergic neurotransmission may account for mood disorders in children with type 1 diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes May Be Related to Meat Preservative

Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005

A chemical used to preserve meat has been implicated in New Zealand's type 1 diabetes epidemic.

Auckland University research points the finger at nitrates and nitrites as a potential cause of some child-onset diabetes.

Childhood Tummy Fat Predicts Diabetes And Heart Trouble for Girls

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

The scientists concluded in an article appearing in the scientific journal Pediatrics that having a larger waistline at the beginning of adolescence meant a 16 percent increase in the likelihood that by the time she was 18 or 19 a girl would be at risk of having diabetes or heart trouble.

An even more striking result was that girls who had larger-than-average waistlines as adolescents but trimmed down by the time they were young women were not at increased risk of the two chronic diseases.

Big Babies at Risk of Obesity Later in Life

Posted: Friday, October 21, 2005

Results of a systematic literature review show that large infants or those who grow rapidly during infancy are at increased risk of obesity during childhood and adulthood

Best to Turn off Insulin Pump During Exercise in Young Diabetics

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

Exercising with an insulin pump on among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes has no benefit, and may increase the risk of late hypoglycemia

Obesity Fueling a New Hybrid Diabetes: Double Diabetes or Type 1 & 1/2

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Dubbed "double diabetes" by some and "diabetes one-and-a-half" by others, the combination of types 1 and 2 diabetes symptoms confounds doctors attempting to accurately diagnose and treat patients. Can it increase the risk for complications?

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Waist Circumference Can Predict Insulin Resistance Syndrome in Children

Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2005

In children age six to 13 years, the strongest predictors of insulin resistance are WC and systolic BP.

The investigators suggest that measuring children's WC should be incorporated into routine clinical practice.

'Food Police' Have to Admit That Caloric Intake Not to Blame for Childhood Obesity

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

Lack of physical activity is the real culprit according to a new study.