Preventing Diabetes

According to government projections the numbers of Americans with diabetes is expected to soar.

The government predicts that over the next 40 years, one-in-three of us will suffer from diabetes. To show just how big of a change this will be; right now one-in-ten have diabetes so, that means that millions more will be getting it in the near future. And if you look at the ones most at risk you really don't have to look much further than our children.

We've known for sometime that what happens in childhood affects us as adults. And with the current overweight and obesity epidemic, children that are heavy now will most likely be overweight adults. And that weight means their also more likely to get type 2 diabetes and be a part of that one-in-three group the government is warning us about.

The hope is that by bringing it to our attention now, we can help keep both our and perhaps more importantly our children's weight under control now to prevent diabetes and it's complications later. That means better eating and more exercise for all.