Chestertown Pediatrics

Dr. Freddy Araujo

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Provide your children with healthy,
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Local Services for
Health and Prevention

Teach your children to be active
and be healthy before it's too
late!
Preventing Type 2
Diabetes in
Children

References
The American Diabetes
Association. (2014,
February 12). Statistics
about diabetes. Retrieved
March 10, 2014, from
http://www.diabetes.org/

Kovar, S. K., Combs, C. A.,
Campbell, K., Napper-
Owen, G. E., & Worrell,
V. J. (2012). Elementary
classroom teachers as
movement educators
(Fourth ed.). New York,
NY: David Patterson.

Weigensberg, M. J., & Goran, M.
I. (2009). Type 2 diabetes
in children and
adolescents. The Lancet,
373(9677), 1743-1744.

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become off balance (The American
Diabetes Association, 2014).

Type 2 diabetes, formally known
as "adult onset," is the most common form
of diabetes. Originally it was unheard for
children and adolescents to be diagnosed
with type 2, but now it is a scary and
quickly increasing diagnosis.
Type 2 diabetes is insulin resistant
diabetes, formerly known as "adult on-set"
diabetes. Insulin resistance occurs when
the body fails to use insulin properly (The
American Diabetes Association, 2014). In
the beginning the pancreas makes extra
insulin to make up for the body's
resistance, but over time the pancreas is no
longer able to keep up (The American
Diabetes Association, 2014). Due to the
lack of insulin, blood glucose levels
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What is it?!
http://umm.edu/health/medical/reports
/articles/diabetes-type-1
http://www.your-healthy-eating-
helper.com/healthy-eating-kids.html
o Children need to drink more water
and avoid drinks and foods high in
calories, sugar, and fat, which
contain little to no nutritional value
((The American Diabetes
Association, 2014).
Children need to be physically active.
o Children need to be physically
active to shed extra calories which
can cause excessive weight gain.
o Data indicates an obese teenager
has a 70% greater chance of
becoming an obese adult; physical
activity allows a child's body to
balance caloric intake and output
(Kovar, et al 2012, p. 12).
Prevention
How can you prevent it?

Help your child maintain a healthy body
weight.
o Type 2 diabetes develops mainly in
children whom are obese or
overweight (Weigensberg & Goran,
2009, p. 1743).
o Obesity rates in children have
tripled since 1976-1980 and 80% of
children diagnosed with type 2
diabetes are overweight (Kovar,
Combs, Campbell, Napper-Owen,
& Worrell, 2012, p. 9, 90).
Provide your child with a proper diet.
o Children need to eat more
natural/healthy food, such as fruits
and vegetables, which will provide
them with the vitamins and
nutrients they need to grown
properly.