In recent years, it has increased the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, coinciding with the growth in obesity and physical inactivity in this age group.
Diabetes only affects elderly is one of the many myths surrounding this disease, the number of children diagnosed annually has grown in recent decades worldwide. For what is this?
Causes the increase in diabetes
Environmental factors with a genetic predisposition rise to type 1 diabetes are unknown, although in the case of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents coincides with the increase in obesity and physical inactivity in this age group.
Symptoms of diabetes in children
The main symptoms are:
- increased urination (enhances the number of times peeing, weigh more diapers or even re-wetting the bed a child who was already continent)
- thirst ,
- hunger ,
- weakness and fatigue,
- weight loss.
Better safe
Type 1 diabetes can not prevent it, but type 2 diabetes, which accounts for over 90 percent of cases, yes. It is, therefore, essential that parents and society act to avoid the onset of this disease inculcating good food education for children to acquire good eating and physical activity habits. Since breastfeeding in the first period of life, to the intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish in the accurate measure ...
Our Mediterranean diet, among the many benefits it brings, is a proper diet to prevent diabetes.
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