Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study

Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children and teens with type 1 diabetes are already at increased risk for becoming overweight or obese, but certain traits make the odds even higher, according to a new study. Because obesity can compound some of the health …
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Forbidding use of food stamps for sweetened drinks could reduce obesity …

Because tax dollars fund SNAP, some groups are concerned that taxpayers are subsidizing an unhealthy diet that will result in more spending on the health-care costs associated with diabetes and heart disease down the road. These costs will largely be …
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The result was something called diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, a complication of type 1 diabetes. This form of diabetes used to be called “juvenile diabetes,” and it occurs when the body's immune system attacks cells that make insulin, rendering the …
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Certain kids with diabetes are most at risk for excess weight: study