PE185/Article Review 1

Type 1 Diabetes May Double in Young Kids
http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20090527/type-1-diabetes-may-double-in-young-kids

This is a disturbing article about the increasing rate of Type 1 diabetes in young children. The study quoted in the article looked at the rates of diagnosis in European records. The findings indicated that not only was the number of children diagnosed increasing but that the age they were diagnosed was getting younger as well. Something I find especially worrisome given the effects the condition could have on the development of those children, especially entering adolescence.

The article lists several potential causes for this increase. I personally feel that diet plays the biggest role with the greater quantity of process sugars increasing in the average child's diet. Combined with typically less active life style and it must play a role in producing the results illustrated by the study.