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Diabetes and Overweight Kids
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Is inactivity to blame for the skyrocketing rate of diabetes among children?

"Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes because kids didn't get it," says Dr. Catherine Davis, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia. "Now, kids are getting it in record numbers."

In fact, 10 times more kids have diabetes today than in 1990, she says.

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body can't regulate blood glucose levels. Complications, which usually occur 20 years after diagnosis, affect many organs and can lead to heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure, pregnancy complications, blindness and poor blood circulation, which can require limb amputation.

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An increase in physical activity is an important part of your weight loss program. Physical activity improves your muscle/fat ratio - thus raising metabolism for easier weight loss - and boosts your motivation to maintain the weight you lose.

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