Daniel Maldonado Vázquez
4th grade bicultural
Katch.montanas@gmail.com
Diabetes in children
The diabetes is a very dangerous disease; it can be the cause of a death at an early age. This disease is the disorder of metabolism; process that turn food into energy. When the digestion occurs the food is broken down to create glucose, the main source of energy of the body: this glucose mixes with the blood, and allows insulin in the cells.
There exsist 3 types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes(previously known as
insulin-dependent diabetes) , Type 2 diabetes(previously known as non-
insulin dependent diabetes) , Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM). The
type 2 diabetes is the most common and also the most dangerous because
affect 85-90% of the people with this desease.
Type 1 diabetes is the type that can appear at any age but is more
common to be detected at an early age.
“Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body's immune
system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This type
of diabetes, also known as juvenile-onset diabetes, accounts for 10-15% of
all people with the disease”.
This disease have natural causes but it involves the diet in the person too.
“Is triggered by environmental factors such as viruses, diet or chemicals in
people genetically predisposed. People with type 1 diabetes must inject
themselves with insulin several times a day and follow a careful diet and
exercise plan.”
This disease is not common but in the world every day exist more cases,
but a strange data is that obesity doesn’t explain this increase because the
heredity play an important part in the type 1. But in Europe and America
the obesity in children cause the first cases of this type at an early age.
• in England and Wales 17 children per 100,000 develop diabetes each year
• in Scotland the figure is 25 per 100,000
• in Finland it’s 43 per 100,000
• in Japan it’s 3 per 100,000.
References:
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Types_of_Diabetes
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/diabeteschildren.htm
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Daniel Maldonado Vázquez(katch_montanasgmail.com)
4 BB
Research projects
Parents busy schedules and fears about safety prevent many
children from taking part in after school programs.
We all know exercise in our life is very important to feel better and to be in good
shape. We know that a good diet is important for not getting so many diseases and
avoid becoming overweight.
Unfortunately children not know this, they just like to have fun playing, jumping,
hiding, and doing all activities they like to do, just for fun. Adults are the ones that
need to show children the benefits of exercise to help them avoid the obesity; which is
one of the most dangerous diseases at this age.
“Over the past 3 decades, the percentage of overweight school-age children has nearly
quadrupled (4% in 1965 to 15% in 2001) Data collected as part of the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey”. The cause of this problem is that kids don’t
exercise because they are at home playing videogames or just eating.
“It is important to recognize that obesity in many cases can be a preventable health
condition. While many factors including genetic predisposition contribute to obesity,
dietary behaviors and rates of physical activity are two major factors that can be
modified. Schools, families, and communities can work together to alter the trend
toward obesity”. After school programs can improve dietary behaviors, by eliminating
junk food consumption that is common when children return home from school. Such
programs also increase physical activity rates among students.
Other problem is that the parent does not want to let the child go to certain activities
because the child can get hurt in the training or get disease from the sun, or something
wrong can happen.
These causes do not depend of the child because maybe he wants to go but the time
or the ideas of the parent stop him from going. This will be a problem when the kid
grows up because he wont have the habit of exercising , he will be more likely to stay
in the home just eating.
Bibliography:
http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq/cq333obesity.aspx
4 BB
Research projects
Parents busy schedules and fears about safety prevent many
children from taking part in after school programs.
We all know exercise in our life is very important to feel better and to be in good
shape. We know that a good diet is important for not getting so many diseases and
avoid becoming overweight.
Unfortunately children not know this, they just like to have fun playing, jumping,
hiding, and doing all activities they like to do, just for fun. Adults are the ones that
need to show children the benefits of exercise to help them avoid the obesity; which is
one of the most dangerous diseases at this age.
“Over the past 3 decades, the percentage of overweight school-age children has nearly
quadrupled (4% in 1965 to 15% in 2001) Data collected as part of the National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey”. The cause of this problem is that kids don’t
exercise because they are at home playing videogames or just eating.
“It is important to recognize that obesity in many cases can be a preventable health
condition. While many factors including genetic predisposition contribute to obesity,
dietary behaviors and rates of physical activity are two major factors that can be
modified. Schools, families, and communities can work together to alter the trend
toward obesity”. After school programs can improve dietary behaviors, by eliminating
junk food consumption that is common when children return home from school. Such
programs also increase physical activity rates among students.
Other problem is that the parent does not want to let the child go to certain activities
because the child can get hurt in the training or get disease from the sun, or something
wrong can happen.
These causes do not depend of the child because maybe he wants to go but the time
or the ideas of the parent stop him from going. This will be a problem when the kid
grows up because he wont have the habit of exercising , he will be more likely to stay
in the home just eating.
Bibliography:
http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq/cq333obesity.aspx
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