Question

What are the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? With childhood obesity becoming a growing problem in the United States. What would you recommend to a child who has type 2 diabetes because of childhood obesity? What would you recommend to a child who has type 1 diabetes?

Answer 1

People with type 1 diabetes don't produce insulin. You can think of it as not having a key. People with type 2 diabetes don't respond to insulin as well as they should and later in the disease often don't make enough insulin. You can think of it as having a broken key.

what you recomend type 2 diabetes: Encourage your child to eat healthy foods, get plenty of physical activity and maintain a healthy weight. If diet and exercise aren't enough to control type 2 diabetes in children, oral medication or insulin treatment may be needed

type 1 diabetes: In general, kids with type 1 diabetes need to: take insulin as prescribed. eat a healthy, balanced diet with accurate carbohydrate counts. check blood sugar levels as prescribed.

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