Kids and Diabetes — WVIZ/PBS ideastream
Be Well: Kids & Diabetes, a WVIZ/PBS production, explores the dangers and issues behind the growing rate of type 2 diabetes among youth.
If current trends continue, the incidence of children with type 2 diabetes has the potential to almost quadruple in the next 40 years. Some teens with type 2 diabetes are already experiencing severe complications affecting their hearts, kidneys and eyes. The statistics and facts are sobering and have experts sounding the alarm to develop better treatments and prevention efforts.
Be Well: Kids & Diabetes explores the dangers and issues behind the growing rate of type 2 diabetes among youth. The CEO of the renown Joslin Diabetes Center offers his perspective on this alarming trend and local doctors working on cutting-edge research share their views and insight.
Chapter 1: Understanding the problem and the disease
Learn how type 2 diabetes is rising among children and understand the biological underpinnings of diabetes with help from student actors and animation.
- Diabetes Overveiw
- Diabetes and the Body: Pancreatic Function
- The Facts About Diabetes
- Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes: A Growing Epidemic in Children
- Could my 12 Month Old Daughter with 191 Reading Have Diabetes? Effects of Obesity in Children: Why it Matters
Diabetes Resources: Ideas & Tools You Can Use
- Healthy Behaviors – the Earlier the Better
- Start Early: Obesity Prevention in Early Care and Education Settings
- Effects of Obesity in Children: Why it Matters
- Resources for Kids
- Resources for Teens
- Resources for Parents
- Make Healthful Eating Fun for Kids
Chapter 2: Consequences and the aggressive form of type 2 diabetes in children
Get an overview of the dangerous consequences of diabetes and learn how complications are starting earlier in children with type 2 diabetes.
- Complications of Diabetes
- Avoiding Diabetes
- Eye Disease: Are You At Risk?
- Keeping Diabetics’ Feet and Toes Healthy
- Diabetes and Heart Disease
- Blood Pressure Control
- Cholesterol Control
- Sugar Control
- Screening for Kidney Disease
- What You Should Know About Diabetes Care During Emergencies
Chapter 3: Overview from a national expert
ideastream’s Kay Colby sits down with John Brooks, the CEO of the Joslin Diabetes Center based in Boston – a world renown clinical care, research, and educational institution academically affiliated with Harvard University.
- Avoiding Diabetes
- Diabetes and the Body: Pancreatic Function
- Treatment Options for Diabetics
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Desserts and Quick Breads
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Dips, Salsa, Salads and Dressings
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Crock Pot Cooking
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Summertime Fare
- Dietary and Exercise Recommendations for Children and Adolescents for Healthy Living
- Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Kids: A Key to Solving the Obesity Epidemic
- To Prevent Childhood Obesity, Avoid Pitfalls of American Lifestyle
Chapter 4: Cellular programming & Conclusion
Take a trip to a local lab where scientists are piecing together the molecular pathways by which an obese pregnant woman may unknowingly program cells in a developing fetus to develop type 2 diabetes in childhood.
- Obesity in Children and Families Across Ohio: Impact & Policy (Ohio Family Health Survey)
- Pregnancy
- During my Pregnancy, How Can I Get Through Weight Gain?
- Exercise in Pregnancy
- Pregnancies in Diabetic Moms
- Diet and Exercise Recommendations Pior to Birth
Other helpful articles:
- Avoiding Diabetes
- Find Out What You Can Do About Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
- Dealing with Diabetes At School
- Do-it-Yourself BMI Calculator: Healthy Weight, Overweight or Obese (CDC)
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Desserts and Quick Breads
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Dips, Salsa, Salads and Dressings
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Crock Pot Cooking
- Healthy Recipes for Diabetics: Summertime Fare
- Diabetes and African Americans
- Why Physical Activity Is Important for You if You Have Type 2 Diabetes
- Exercise is a Health Issue
- Build Strength and Use it to Lose Weight
- Dietary and Exercise Recommendations for Children and Adolescents for Healthy Living
- Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Kids: A Key to Solving the Obesity Epidemic
- To Prevent Childhood Obesity, Avoid Pitfalls of American Lifestyle
- Many Reasons for Childhood Obesity
- Parents Can Help Overweight Children
- Packing Safe and Appealing School Lunches
- Resources for Kids
- Resources for Parents
- Resources for Teens
- Shopping List on a Tight Budget!
- Your Family Guide for Healthy Weight: Simple Tips
This children’s health content is brought to you with support from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
For more information:
Go to the Kids’ Healthy Weight health topic.