tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post8617656301188142762..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Information hiding in plain sightEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-37331047778450771822018-04-17T20:35:50.068-04:002018-04-17T20:35:50.068-04:00My experience with children and diabetes over 25 y...My experience with children and diabetes over 25 years as a certified diabetes educator was that yes, Type 1 kids do seem to appear in higher middle class families, no idea why, unless it is that they tend to have better health care and their parents are more likely to get them to a doctor quickly enough. When a Type 1 is diagnosed, it tends to be emergent. If not caught and dealt with rapidly, kids die.<br />The lower income folks "The Fast Food Swamp" kids are by and large Type 2 diabetics. Twenty years ago you never saw a Type 2 under the age of 60. However that has dropped rapidly, thanks to an expansion of lousy eating habits, no vegetables, and LOTS of screen time instead of exercise/activity. <br />Diabetes is also more prevalent in some ethnic groups than others. Type 1 is common in folks whose ancestors came from Scandinavian countries. Type 2 is very common in Pacific Rim countries (Japan, Indonesia, China, etc), then Hispanics, and then in African-Americans. White, WASP types have a lower incidence. But everyone's risk goes up as their weight goes up and activity goes down. as their age goes up, or if they are women, if they had a baby who weighed over 8# at birth. The baby also has an increased risk of developing diabetes (Type2) later on.<br />Type 2 also has a huge genetic component, and picking a different set of parents is not something any of us get a do-over on. <br />So, move more, eat more vegetables, eat smaller portions of everything else, and pick the right family for best outcomes. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.com