Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Diabetes prescriptions for children doubling
Insulin Resistance Prescription Rising for Children. The article at that link talks about the dire situation our children are getting into. Our society needs to take a really serious look at preventing Type II Diabetes in children, as something is clearly going wrong. I would imagine it's a lot more than drinking too much soda, too.
I remember when I was old enough to come home after school by myself. When I wasn't playing sports, I would plop down in front of the TV and drink a 16 oz. bottle of Pepsi and go through at least four cookies. That would last until my parents arrived home at least two hours later. With the expense of childcare these days, I would imagine that a lot more kids are doing the same thing at a much younger age than I did.
We need to get to the bottom of this problem fast. As I've mentioned elsewhere, insulin resistance essentially doubles the rate of aging. With all the children getting "adult-onset" diabetes by the time they're teenagers, we'll be facing a lot of middle aged people with bodies that appear 30 years older than they should be. That's pretty frightening to me.
On the solution side, I should mention that my participation in sports and other after-school activities prevented this brain- and body-rotting TV/soda/cookies routine--even when I was just playing chess. If we could keep our teenagers busy for just another couple of hours, perhaps we would be reversing this trend faster. Digg This!
I remember when I was old enough to come home after school by myself. When I wasn't playing sports, I would plop down in front of the TV and drink a 16 oz. bottle of Pepsi and go through at least four cookies. That would last until my parents arrived home at least two hours later. With the expense of childcare these days, I would imagine that a lot more kids are doing the same thing at a much younger age than I did.
We need to get to the bottom of this problem fast. As I've mentioned elsewhere, insulin resistance essentially doubles the rate of aging. With all the children getting "adult-onset" diabetes by the time they're teenagers, we'll be facing a lot of middle aged people with bodies that appear 30 years older than they should be. That's pretty frightening to me.
On the solution side, I should mention that my participation in sports and other after-school activities prevented this brain- and body-rotting TV/soda/cookies routine--even when I was just playing chess. If we could keep our teenagers busy for just another couple of hours, perhaps we would be reversing this trend faster. Digg This!
