Diabesity Childhood Epidemic

Jocena Schafer, RD CD

Type 2 diabetes was once just an adult disease. Now with TV, video games, fast foods and high-calorie junk food; childhood obesity is causing kids to face a lifelong battle with the body's cellular power-supply system and the failure of cells to absorb glucose to the muscles, nerves and brain for fuel. Kids are now having to deal with deadly health complications like kidney failure, amputation, blindness, and strokes. The family plan should be to eat healthy, get moving, limit TV to 1-2 hours a day...MAX. Give up sugary carbohydrates candy, pop, highly processed foods, that send blood sugar soaring. Don't delay with good healthy lifestyle. Diabetes has no warning signs and symptoms maybe mild like frequent urination, excessive thirst and hunger, unexplained weight loss, increased fatigue, irritability, moodiness, and blurry vision.

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Absorption	Amputation	Beans
Blindness	Blood Sugar	Body Mass Index
Brain	Bread	Carbohydrate
Cell	Cereal	Corn
Crackers	Diabesity	Diabetes
Fatigue	Glucose	Healthful
Healthy Snack	Heart Risk	Insulin
Kidney Disease	Lifestyle	Lighten Up
Low Fat	Milk	Moodiness
Muscles	Nerve Damage	Nerves
Obesity	Overweight	Pancreas
Pandemic	Peas	Potatoes
Prevention	Refined Processed Foods	Starch
Stroke	Sweets	Type II Diabetes
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