Parents who have obese children seem to need to know the latest research on obesity. Medical science in the United States suggests diabetes is not only potentially affect adults but teens who are overweight. They are potentially exposed to the same disease.
From the results of eleven studies found children with diabetes had attacked children under age. Eleven children are still stricken with diabetes and need more insulin to remove the dependence on diabetes pills. Previous studies indicate the potential for very large diabetic attack adults.
D. Thomas Inge, a pediatric surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as reported by AP, Monday, December 29, 2008 said in a study of children found the same potential. However, Inge said, further research should be conducted openly to eliminate excess weight in order to observe the way care is much more likely to type-2 diabetes.
Further discussion will be conducted in January next. The number of people with diabetes in children increased after the diagnosis of disease associated with overweight previously rare in children. "This threat to the younger generation, really horrible," said Dr. Larry Deeb former President of the American Diabetes Association.
According to him, children are potentially overweight diabetics who require regular treatment and surgery if detected immediately.
Studies conducted on children aged 14 to 21 years old and weigh an average of 250 to 403 pounds. They were given insulin and diabetes pills. Research conducted in different hospitals, in research that they are given treatment by pass the stomach so that the stomach becomes small.
Compared to more than 67 other obese children with diabetes who get perwatan in Cincinnati Childre, their blood sugar can be controlled by way of medical diet. After one year they can lose weight from an average of 72 to 218 pounds after it alive with normal weight. For the ten children of whom can be cured of diabetes and drug dependency is also lost. As for who did not perform maintenance on the basis of research then the sugar content will increase.
Of those patients with diabetes of whom are also due to hereditary factors. Three years before the child is still overweight and dependent on insulin. "Description of diabetes will infect other children more," he said, adding if they indicated faster, diabetes in children will be easily handled.