Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (Trailer)
CCFC members all over the country are organizing local screenings of Consuming Kids. A screening is the perfect way to raise awareness about the commercialization of childhood and to connect with other local parents and activists. To find out how you can host or attend a screening, please visit http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/events/consumingkids.html
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Fruit Juice = Diabetes!
STOP DRINKING ALL THAT JUICE!
Underground Wellness dips into the common misconceptions surrounding that so called healthy substance we call juice.
This information is to inform you on nutrition matters. It is not intended to make any suggestions regarding medicine, pharmaceutical drugs, or give medical advice. Do your research and consult your doctor.
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What to Eat: Sensible Choices in an Era of Food Confusion
Proper nutrition is on all of our minds, but how do we make smart choices in today’s world of savvy marketing? Join us for this eye-opening lecture from one of the leading author’s on how the food industry influences our nutrition and health. Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is an author and professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. Series: “UCSD Moores Cancer Center Presents”
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Surviving Abundance: Overweight Kids In Crisis
Source: WHROTV on YouTube
A half hour documentary, produced by WHRO, examines the epidemic of childhood obesity. Childhood health professionals paint a grim picture for the future of overweight children unless we begin to make systemic changes that support more healthy choices. Local, state and national childhood health experts, including William H. Dietz, Jr., MD, PhD, Director of Nutrition & Physical Activity at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, discuss steps we can take to turn the tide, and the program highlights organizations with exemplary programs which encourage healthier lifestyles.
Surviving Abundance was produced in collaboration with the Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH), a community partnership to promote health and prevent disease among all children in Hampton Roads.
Truth About Lucky Charms Kids Cereal
Nutrition By Natalie
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Tips for Teens: Dealing With The Ups and Downs of Diabetes
Tips For Teens: Dealing With The Ups and Downs of Diabetes
Feelings
Many teens like you deal with diabetes everyday. Most of the time, it’s not a problem, you just deal with it. But sometimes, you may just want it to go away.
Do you ever…
- Ask “why me?”
- Think you’re the only one who feels sad, mad, alone, afraid, or different?
- Get tired of others teasing you if you are overweight?
- Blame yourself or your family for your diabetes?
All of these feelings are normal. Lots of teens who have diabetes feel the same way. It’s okay to get angry, feel sad, or think you’re different every now and then. But then you need to take charge and do something to feel better.
Everyone feels down sometimes. You are not alone.
Still down?
Reach out for help. Talk to someone in your family or where you worship, a friend, a school counselor, teacher, or your doctor or diabetes educator. It might help to write down your feelings in a journal. If you still feel down or sad, ask your parents to help you find a counselor.
It is okay to ask for help.
Speak up
There are many people who care about you and want to help you stay healthy and happy. Your health care team (diabetes educator, dietitian, doctor, nurse, psychologist, and social worker) can help you learn how to make healthy food choices, be more active, and feel good about yourself. Stay in touch with them. Let your health care team know how you feel and what you need.
Let your school know what’s up
You or your parents need to give the school nurse, teacher, or other school staff a copy of your diabetes care plan. Let people at your school know you have diabetes and that you need to eat healthy foods, eat your meals, take your medicine on time, and be physically active.
Don’t let diabetes stop you from joining in school activities. You can do all the things your friends do and then some!
Mom, Dad, other family members, get with it!
It’s easier to manage diabetes when the whole family works at it with you. So…
- Ask your family to choose the same healthy foods you eat—fruits and vegetables; whole grain breads; and low-fat meats, milk, and cheese. Ask them to keep healthy foods in the house and not tempt you with cookies, cake, candy, or regular soda.
- Get everyone moving by being more physically active. Play hard. Shoot hoops, throw a ball, ride bikes, or go for a walk — together. Being active can also help you relax and lower stress.
What’s healthy for you is healthy for everyone in your family.
Want to meet other teens who feel like you do?
- Programs and support groups for teens with diabetes can be found in clinics, health centers, or hospitals. Ask your diabetes educator or doctor for help to find one that works for you.
- Head to a diabetes or weight loss summer camp. You will do all the things that other campers do: swim, hike, dance, and more. But the best part is that everyone has diabetes or is there to lose weight, just like you. Some groups may have funds to help pay for teens to attend summer camps.
- Find a pen pal or email buddy. Sometimes it is good to share how you feel about having diabetes with someone else.
- Check out the resources at the end of this tip sheet.
Still my friend?
Ever worry that your friends may have wrong ideas about diabetes?
- Tell them that you have diabetes. You don’t have to keep it to yourself. The more people know about diabetes, the more they will understand. Explain that your body needs help to use the food you eat.
- Be sure everyone knows that no one can catch diabetes from you.
- Good friends help each other out. They understand your needs and offer support. Hang on to friends who help you make healthy food choices when you are eating out.
Ever have kids make fun of you about your diabetes or weight?
Teasing hurts. The best thing is to just walk away.
talk to someone…write down your feelings in a journal…write to a pen pal…email a buddy…stay in touch
Take Action!
It’s time for YOU to do something about your diabetes care.
- Set goals for what you will do. Start small and work your way up. For example: “I will cut down on regular soda and drink water instead.” When that’s going well…take the next step. Add another goal—“I will dance or bike ride a couple of times a week.” Then add a new goal—“I will eat smaller servings of cookies, burgers, and fries.”
- Try to make each new goal just a bit harder. After you shoot hoops twice a week, try adding another activity on three other days. Raise the goal until you reach a level that works for you.
- Avoid goals that will be too hard to meet. For example, rather than saying you’ll never eat a burger or a candy bar again, say you’ll only eat one a week.
- Tell your family or friends about your goals. Maybe they’ll be active with you or help out some other way.
- Reward yourself when you reach each goal. Keep in mind that rewards can be anything—not just food. You do not have to reach all your goals at once. Start with one or two, then add more.
Write down your top three goals—use the chart on the back page!
Write down your Top 3 Goals
Choose goals that you really can meet. Put in the date when you set the goal and when you met it.
Got it.
Take it one step at a time. Make healthy food choices, be more active, and work towards a healthy weight. Soon you’ll see progress and feel great.
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Eating out is one of the most favorite family activities. It improves family bonding and lets parents spend more time with their kids. But have you ever thought of healthy cooking for kids? You can still eat at the dining table and have that same bond, minus the expensive bill and unhealthy food. Start with the basics. Avoid fried foods. Kids love fried everything. Whether it’s chicken, fries, hotdogs, or burgers- they love it. When cooking these foods, you can either decrease the oil when frying or use healthier alternatives like boiling hotdogs and removing chicken skin. Burgers and fries are to be avoided whenever possible, but if your children crave for it, give them small portions occasionally. Sweets are one of the main culprits to why children gain weight. Moreover, chocolates and candies make your kids hyperactive. Healthy cooking for kids is not limited to the main courses. You could also make adjustments through the desserts. Replace ice cream and chocolate with fruit shakes or bowls. Blending fresh fruits or making fruit bowls are very healthy and refreshing for your kids. Replace full cream milk with low-fat milk. Your kids won’t even taste the difference, but will have a major impact on their diet in the long run. When cooking pasta, you could also replace the regular pasta with whole-grain so that they eat healthier. Make the sauce tasty but with no meat. Pesto is one of the healthiest recipes for pasta because it only uses basil and olive oil as the main ingredients. If you must add meat, use chicken instead of pork and beef. Homemade pizza is healthier than ordering from pizza places. It might take a lot more time to prepare but it’s worth it. Make a vegetarian pizza and let your kids enjoy it minus the oil and the unhealthy meat toppings. Include vegetables in every meal. Whether it is during breakfast, lunch, or dinner- make sure your kid eats veggies. Try with a celery or carrot stick with different dips to encourage your kid. Mashed potatoes could also be used to replace rice. Make sure your kid still eats the right amount of carbohydrates and proteins every day. When packing your kid’s lunch, it’s all about preparation. Cut the veggie portions in different shapes (letters or numbers for the young kids) so that they enjoy eating and never realize that they’re eating vegetables. If your kids are heavy meat-eaters, you can try the veggie burgers that are available in groceries or even come up with your own. For the picky eaters, serve food that are tasty but healthy. You can use different spices for cooking or even mix veggies with soup and add lettuce to sandwiches. These simple tips will help your kids get used to the feel of eating less meat and more fruits and veggies. Healthy cooking for kids doesn’t mean starving your kids and depriving them of what they want to eat. You can still make eating a fun activity but more nutritional. Ready to discover healthy eating tips for kids? Visit http://www.healthyeatingtipsforkids.com/ today for free tips on how to keep your kids eating habits healthy! By Min Zhu Min Zhu, and author and mother, provides information on diabetic children. For more information, visit http://mominneed.com/health/diabetes/ Despite our best efforts as parents or caregivers, children will become sick. One such illness which is becoming increasingly prevalent is pediatric diabetes. However, keeping a diabetic child healthy is dependent on being informed about the disease, its symptoms, and treatments. Caring for the child with diabetes is the responsibility of all persons who, at some time or other, has to take care of that child. As such, parents need to ensure that all care givers are informed about their diabetic child’s dietary needs. Most children tend to have type I diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes, although children are increasingly being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as well. Type I diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not work and does not produce any insulin. Insulin is needed to help break down sugars (glucose) in our body to help it work efficiently. When this breakdown of sugars does not happen, as in the case of type I diabetes, the sugar stays in the blood stream. Because insulin is important in breaking down sugars in the body to use for energy, insulin has to be taken to control the illness. Therefore type I diabetes is also called insulin-dependent diabetes. Exercise and diet are also important helping to control this type of diabetes. Caring for the child with diabetes means that you will need to recognize the signs of the illness, as well as any resulting reactions that can occur. The main signs of pediatric diabetes are: Breath smelling like fruit Next, you should be able to identify when the child is in crisis, suffering either a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic episode, and you should know what to do help in either case. Hyperglycemia occurs when the sugar levels are too high. Rising sugar levels are generally a result of eating too much, not taking the correct amount of insulin, or not exercising enough. When a child is hyperglycemic, treatment by medical professionals is needed. A child suffering from high blood sugar will complain of the following: Weakness With hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), the symptoms vary from child to child, but some of the typical signs include: Clumsiness The first course of action is to increase the child’s sugar intake by giving them something sweet to drink, such as regular soda, fruit juice or glucose tablets. Once the child is feeling better, you should give them something more solid to eat. If the child is too weak to swallow or is unconscious, administer the recommended dosage of glucagon and call for immediate medical assistance. Glucagon is a medication given by injection to rapidly increase the level of glucose in the blood. It is normally the first course of treatment in severe hypoglycemia. Diet is a major part of keeping the diabetic child healthy. The caregiver has the responsibility to ensure that the child eats what is recommended. It is also important to talk with the child and let them know that they will get really sick if they eat too many sweets or other foods that can pose a risk. It is also important to let others, such as teachers, know that a diabetic child may need to snack to boost their sugar and energy levels. The child with diabetes must also have regular meals. Exercise is important as well, and there is no reason why the diabetic child cannot participate in all regular physical activity. Exercise helps to control blood sugar levels. However, suffering from pediatric diabetes should not exert themselves before meal time. Also, they will need to have a snack, such as juice, crackers or a fruit, handy, as they will need to replace sugar lost during physical activity. Most importantly, children should be taught how to test their blood sugar levels during the course of the day, once they are able to do soon their own. This is important so that they can take insulin or eat something as needed. Caring for the diabetic child, while calling for more vigilance in terms of their eating habits can be stress free once you and others taking care of the child know what to do and follow the rules. Also, make sure that emergency numbers are close at hand and that the child learns how to recognize symptoms of potential trouble and take corrective actions. Source: Min Zhu American Diabetes Association Diabetes Camp Promo Source: AmericanDiabetesAssn on YouTube Awareness of Signs of Diabetes in Toddlers Helps Provide Them With Immediate Medication Posted August 13, 2009 By Ann Nelson Diabetes is common around the world. There may be several people who may not be even aware that they may be suffering from diabetes. It is a disease not just limited to adults; it can also affect toddlers as well. It is becoming common with growing children as well. This type of diabetes is called as juvenile diabetes or Type 1 diabetes. Children may not be even aware that there is something wrong with them. But, there are certain signs that parents and elders should be aware of, to recognize the signs of diabetes in toddlers. You can start medical treatment at early stage and ensure that their blood sugar levels remain stable and they live a healthier life. There are different symptoms that can be seen in toddlers. However, there are few signs which should ring the warning bells in the minds of elders. Amongst children suffering from diabetes, whenever they eat, the food is broken down and sugar is released and absorbed into the bloodstream. It is carried to the cells to be used as energy for the different activities. However, the pancreas does not respond with insulin which leads to cells being unable to use the sugar. The cells are starved for energy and the sugar builds up in the blood. The children feel tired and fatigued due to lack of energy. When there is excess sugar in the blood, the kidneys sense its level and start getting rid of it through urine. The point when kidneys allow sugar to enter the urine is called renal threshold. When the kidneys flush out excess sugar, it also takes the water in which it is dissolved. Thus the most common symptom is the excessive need to urinate. This is called polyuria. This in turn leads to dehydration. The body demands more water and the child feels increasingly thirsty. This is called as polydipsia. Children may also get the feeling of a dry sticky mouth or sore dry throat. Such children need huge quantity of water or any other fluids. Even if there is reduction in the amount of fluids there is excess urination. To avoid dehydration you should allow them to have fluids. Some children may even start wetting the bed. The loss of sugar, dehydration and the inability to use blood sugar leads to weight loss even if they may be experiencing increase in appetite. It may be followed by tiredness, drowsiness and weakness. You may also notice diaper rash that is not ready to heal in spite of using various creams. There are other serious signs of diabetes among toddlers like stomach pain, feeling of nausea, vomiting and labored breathing. If you notice any of these signs you should immediately approach your doctor for future action. You have to ensure that you monitor the blood sugar levels regularly. It may be a very traumatic experience for toddlers to get insulin shots regularly. Learn the proper way to provide adequate medication and care for your child. Create schedules for providing them with appropriate diet and medication. Diabetes can be frightening for anyone but when it affects toddlers it causes great anxiety as the little ones are unable to tell what is happening to them. Make schedules for your child and stick to them if you want to control diabetes. The health of your kids is your priority and by being aware you can ensure that you child does not suffer from the ill effects and gets relief to the maximum possible extent. Drink lots of water because it is calorie free and helps to flush away the toxins. Did you know that flavored carbonated water has no calories, sugar, body, sweetener, color or preservatives? Want to know more about carbonated flavored water? Check out carbonatedseltzerwater.com Reading all I can about diabetes and health. Found an excellent site at adviceondiabetes.com with a free ebook with more than 500 diabetes recipes. Source: Ann Nelson Source: wmtwtv on YouTube On World Diabetes Day, a Maine teen talks with News 8 about her battle with the disease. News 8′s Keith Baldi reports. Since the founding of JDRF in 1970, the organization’s largest and most successful fundraising program, the Walk to Cure Diabetes, has raised over 90 million dollars to go towards Type 1 diabetes research. Through this video the Greater Dallas Chapter hopes to bring more awareness to how diabetes affects those that are faced with the trials and tribulations of having the disease. More info at http://www.jdrfdallas.org Source: JDRFDallas (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) on YouTube Home About Diabetes and Pre-diabetes Resources for Health, Education, and Business Professionals Awareness Campaigns Partnerships About NDEP What’s New? Publications Catalog Contact Us Site Map Search NIDDK When Your Child Is Diagnosed with DIABETES: What are the different types of diabetes? Which type of diabetes does our child have? Will it ever go away? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/WhatIs/WhatIs.htm www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm www.jdrf.org What does this mean for other members of our family? Does it mean our other children will get diabetes too? What about other family members? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm#Identifying www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/prev/prevention.htm www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth.htm What are my child’s treatment goals? How can we help our child meet these goals? How often will our child need to visit you each year? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm#Treatment www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/4_Steps.pdf* www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth.htm What other health care team members can help care for our child’s diabetes? How do we contact them? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm (See Visiting the Health Care Team) How can we work together as a family to help our child? How can we help our child check blood glucose, take insulin, eat healthy foods, be more active, and learn about diabetes? Who can help us work together as a family? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm (See Helping Children Manage Diabetes) What emotional issues might our child and family face? Will diabetes affect the way our child behaves? When do we start letting our child manage his/her own diabetes care? Who can help us cope with these issues? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth.htm (See Tips for Teens with type 2 Diabetes: Dealing with the Ups and Downs of Diabetes) www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_FS.htm#Transition (See Transition to Independence ) www.ndep.nih.gov/resources/SchoolNurseNews.htm (See Understanding Emotional & Psychological Considerations of Children with Diabetes: Tips for School Nurses) www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/living-with-diabetes/age-related-issues.jsp www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/living-with-diabetes/reactions.jsp Should we tell friends and family about our child’s diabetes? www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/living-with-diabetes/friends-family.jsp Who can help us if we don’t have medical insurance? www.insurekidsnow.gov/questions.asp www.usgovinfo.about.com/od/medicarehealthinsurance/a/schip.htm What resources are there to help our child in school? www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Youth_NDEPSchoolGuide.pdf* What research is going on? Three large nation-wide studies are under way. The TODAY study wants to find the best ways to care for type 2 diabetes in children and teens and has begun in 13 medical sites. To find out if you can join go to www.TODAYstudy.org. Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet is a group of studies looking at ways to prevent or to treat type 1 diabetes early. To find out if you can join go to www.diabetestrialnet.org/public.html or call1- 800- HALT- DM1(1-800-425-8361). The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study will help us learn about how type 1 and type 2 diabetes differ, what medical problems arise, the health care children receive, and how diabetes shapes their daily lives. www.searchfordiabetes.org A lot of other research is going on. To find studies in your area, talk to your health care team and visit the JDRF and ADA (links below). Additional Resources for Parents and Children National Diabetes Education Program Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) Children with Diabetes American Diabetes Association ( ADA ) *PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader application for viewing. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program is jointly sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention August 2006 Reviewed by Janet Silverstein, M.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida NDEP Home | About Diabetes | Resources for Health, Education, and Business Professionals DHHS Home | NIH Home | NIDDK Home | CDC Home Source: NDEP, (National Diabetes Education Program) Source: KatieClarkNutrition, on YouTube Source: dLifedotcom, Reprinted from YouTube Kids, there are companies that have conspired to control your eating habits even before you were born. They have NEVER had your best interests at heart. There is a epidemic of Diabetes in America. It took off thirty to forty years ago when fast food outlets started to replace our old fashioned home cooked meals. At that time, we young adults thought how wonderful, we can get food real quick, don’t have to get out the car and it’s cheap! Well that’s when the diabetes epidemic began, back in the 1960′s. This is before you were born. The food industry has has caused a undeniable change in eating habits in America. People are getting sick. Young children and young adults are getting type 2 Diabetes. Before the 1960′s type 2 Diabetes was over 95% diagnosed in men and women over the age of 60. Today it’s being diagnosed in children as young as two or three years old. Our fast food corporations are exporting our way of eating to other countries. The writing is on the wall. Their people are now beginning to suffer the same diet driven illnesses that are epidemic in America. I give a quote from the book ‘Fast Food Nation” written by Eric Schlosser and first published in 2001. The quote begans, “As in the United States, the fast food companies have targeted their foreign advertising and promotion at a group of consumers with the fewest attachments to tradition: young children. “Kids are the same regarding the issues that effect the all-important stages of their development,” a top executive at the Gepetto Group told the audience at a recent KidPower conference, “and they apply to any kid in Berlin, Beijing, or Brooklyn.” The KidPower conference, attended by marketing executives from Burger King and Nickelodeon, among others, was held at Disneyland outside of Paris. In Australia, where the number of fast food restaurants roughly tripled during the 1990s, a survey found that half of the nation’s nine- and ten-year olds thought that Ronald McDonald knew what kids should eat. At a primary school in Beijing, Yunxiang found that all of the children recognized the image of Ronald McDonald. The children told Yan they liked “Uncle McDonald” because he was “funny, gentile, kind, and … he understood children’s hearts.” Coca-Cola is now the favorite drink among Chinese children, and McDonald’s serves their favorite food. Simply eating at a McDonald’s in Beijing seems to elevate a person’s social status. The idea that you you are what you eat has been enthusiatically promoted by Don Fujita, the eccentric billionaire who brought McDonald’s to Japan three decades ago. “If we eat McDonald’s hamburgers and potatoes for a thousand years,” Fugita once promised his countrymen, “we will become taller, our skin will become white, and our hair will be blonde.” You young people must understand what you are dealing with. This food industry is about corporate profits. Most of the ads on TV is not about you. Its about the dollars in your household. Our American way of eating has caused a epidemic of Diabetes in America. Young people today face a nightmare of health problems if no cure shows up. The medical community is working full speed to find a cure. The food industry in this country gives you the illusion that it is being monitored. It is not. Your illness is not the fault of something you did. Your parents, your grandparents, aunts and uncles, and even your baby sitters have all been duped. I used to take both my daughters to McDonald’s. I felt great! We would eat the food and take home the free toys and everybody was happy! We didn’t know. These companies are powerful enough to change the way a whole country consumes food. You must decide what is best for you and your health. Your parent are not always aware of what they put on the table. They love you and want you to have a good future. If they take you to McDonald’s or Burger King, or any of the other fast food chains on a regular basis, beware. You could be on the road to type 2 Diabetes. If your parent or guardian is not aware of the dangers of a fast food diet, YOU must tell them. It’s your life. Please feel free to leave a comment! There is a direct relationship between fast (processed) foods, obesity and Diabetes. Our food industry has evolved into a corporate entity that is driven by profits only. This industry has trained a whole country that what they sell you is GOOD! This is a lie. Why has diabetes become a epidemic during tha past 35 years? Many of you reading this blog are under 20 years of age. You were born into a society that has been misinformed about nutrition for many years before you were born. In other words, your parents did not have a clue about the foods they were feeding you. I’m a parent. I was clueless also. The Colonial at Kentucky and Ronald McDonald told us “Don’t worry, we have what’s good for your children”, and its cheap! Everybody fell for the fast food craze. You kids never had a chance. I quote from the book ‘Fast Food Nation’, “The McDonald’s Corporation has become a powerful symbol of America’s service economy, which is now responsible for 90 percent of the country’s new jobs. In 1968, McDonald’s operated about one thousand restaurants. Today (2001) it has about twenty-eight thousand restaurants worldwide and opens almost two thousand new ones each year. An estimated one out of every eight workers in the United States at one point has been employed by McDonald’s. The company annually hires about one million people, more than any other American organization, public or private. McDonald’s is the nation’s largest purchaser of beef, pork, and potatoes — and the second largest purchaser of chicken. The McDonald’s Corporation is the largest owner of retail property in the world. Indeed, the company earns the majority of its profits not from selling food but from collecting rent. McDonald’s spends more money on advertising and marketing than any other brand. As a result it has replaced Coca-Cola as the world’s most famous brand. McDonald’s operates more playgrounds than any other private entity in the United States. It is one of the nation’s largest distributors of toys. A survey of American schoolchildren found that 96 percent could identify Ronald McDonald. The only fictional character with a higher degree of recognition was Santa Claus. The impact of McDonald’s on the way we live today is hard to overstate. The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian Cross”. So kids you must understand, you did personally go out your way to get type 2 Diabetes. We parents were AMBUSHED by the fast food industry in America. Restaurant chains like McDonald’s, Wendys, Jack In The Box, Kentucky Fried, Burger King, and many others have changed the way Americans eat. We have embraced them wholeheartedly. Now we know a diet that includes a weekly regimen of fast foods is very dangerous. Your school districts are cutting expenses by dumping sports programs and P.E. classes. If you wonder why so many of you are becoming Diabetic and pumping Insulin, its because we parents have been unaware of the dangers of fast foods for the past 35 to 40 years. Way before you were born many of your parents, uncles, aunts and even grandparents developed Diabetes. We now are well aware that with good nutrition and excercise type 2 Diabetes can not only be avoided but in many cases, reversed. If you have Diabetes, please don’t feel guilty. You really didn’t do anything wrong. However, you must take this disease seriously. Take your medication. Take your insulin. Check your blood sugar often. Its not normal for a kid to have to go through these changes everyday, but the consequences of not doing these things can be very serious indeed. Lay off the sodas and fast foods. Exercise is like Kryptonite to type 2 Diabetes. If your are not Diabetic, do your best to avoid this desease. Food companies and fast food restaurants are not your friends. You Have to look out for yourself. FoodSpook Source: Josephine Andrion, Reprinted from YouTube This was initiated by Josephine Andrion for her school project. We thought it would be a good oppotunity to accept this animated education piece about insulin education for 10 year olds.
Healthy Cooking For Kids
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Pediatric Diabetes – Caring for a Diabetic Child
Constant hunger
Pulse beating faster than normal
Headaches
Being weak and dizzy
Difficulty concentrating
Vision becoming foggy
Skin tending to be cold and moist
Experiencing seizures
Extreme thirst
Needing to urinate frequently
Not seeing clearly
Not being hungry
Sudden mood changes
Sweating
Hunger
Seeming confused
Trembling
Headache
Tingling feeling around the mouth
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When Your Child is Diagnosed With Diabetes
PARENTS’ QUESTIONS for the Health Care Team
Parents of children with diabetes often have concerns about the disease, its impact on their family, and how to keep their children safe and healthy. Use these questions to talk with your child‘s health care team and learn about your child‘s diabetes care needs at diagnosis and later on as well. To find out more about possible answers, use the links under each set of questions.
(See Tips for Kids: Lower Your Risk for type 2 Diabetes)
(See Treatment Goals and Family Support)
(See Tip Sheets for Kids with Type 2 Diabetes)
www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youth_fs.htm#diabetes (See Diabetes at School)
www.diabetesinchildren.com
www.ndep.nih.gov or call 1-800-438-5383
www.jdrf.org or call 1-800-223-1138
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
www.diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383)
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Kids, Its Not Your Fault You Have Diabetes
The book, ‘Fast Food Nation’ by Eric Schlosser was first published in 2001. I read passages of this book from time to time to help me stay focused on how America has been Ambushed by our food industry.Insulin Pump Info for Teens-Video
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