{"id":11,"date":"2006-01-26T02:29:30","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T02:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2014-04-09T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T08:16:51","slug":"diabetes-in-children-is-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/blog\/diabetes-in-children-is-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes in Children is on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/general_ailments\/diabetes.htm\">Diabetes<\/a> is a disease caused by the way the body metabolizes<br \/>\nsugar. The disease can be controlled by medication and<br \/>\nmodifications to one&#8217;s&#8217;sdiet. What is alarming however, are<br \/>\nthe increasing number of cases of diabetes among teenagers<br \/>\nand children.<\/p><div class=\"76f24c20a33dee5faad526b620499aea\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3517850094199463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"0000FF\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n                <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n            <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>With the surge in obesity and overweight children, it should<br \/>\ncome as no surprise that diabetes is also growing in<br \/>\nproportion. Children are less active than they have been in<br \/>\nthe past, and this is leading to health problems.<\/p>\n<p>Inactivity leads to Obesity<\/p>\n<p>Being overweight doesn&#8217;t help. The extra burden those extra<br \/>\npounds put on your body weaken its response and ability to<br \/>\nhandle stress. And this kind of stress increases manifold,<br \/>\nespecially when your body is still growing, and is yet to<br \/>\nachieve full size.<\/p>\n<p>Children are spending less time outdoors and more time<br \/>\nindoors, on their computers. This sedentary lifestyle<br \/>\ncoupled with poor eating habits cause children to put on<br \/>\nweight. Their bodies cannot metabolize the excessive amounts<br \/>\nof sugar and fat being pumped into their systems. The result<br \/>\nis Diabetes. This is a simplified version of what happens<br \/>\nalthough the actual process is more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Eating the wrong foods<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s fast paced world, more and more families rely on<br \/>\neasy to cook, processed foods that have a high fat and sugar<br \/>\ncontent. In the past, our diets contained wholesome and<br \/>\nnutritious foods like fresh fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>The body is like a muscle that can adapt to stressors that<br \/>\nis placed upon it, but when there is a constant barrage of<br \/>\nbad foods, the liver and the pancreas just can&#8217;t process it<br \/>\nquickly. This leads to a dysfunction in the overall<br \/>\nprocess, and can then lead to damage to the organ itself.<\/p>\n<p>Children learn from their environment<\/p>\n<p>And while it&#8217;s easy to blame the child for the health<br \/>\nproblems and poor food choices, there is a lot to be said<br \/>\nfor the family that surrounds them. If the children are<br \/>\npredisposed to an environment that doesn&#8217;t support healthy<br \/>\nliving, then there is a greater tendency for diabetes and<br \/>\nother health problems.<\/p>\n<p>It needs to be a team effort for the entire family to commit<br \/>\nto in order to avoid diabetes and other problems associated<br \/>\nwith poor health habits.<\/p>\n<p>Healthy CAN be exciting! Working out is great when everyone<br \/>\nin the family does it together. And if you get every single<br \/>\nperson at home working on finding new ways to prepare<br \/>\nnutritious, healthy and mouth-watering meals, you will be<br \/>\nsurprised at how enthused they get, they&#8217;lwill want to<br \/>\ncontribute to their health!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/general_ailments\/diabetes.htm\"><strong>Information on Diabetes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetes is a disease caused by the way the body metabolizes sugar. The disease can be controlled by medication and modifications to one&#8217;s&#8217;sdiet. What is alarming however, are the increasing number of cases of diabetes among teenagers and children. 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