Diabetes
Childhood Diseases: What You Can Do to Change The Odds in Your Child’s Favor
Dr. Greene's take on childhood diseases... When I was a kid, none of my peers had type 2 diabetes. I didn't know anyone with a life-threatening peanut allergy. The label ADHD was rarely used. Today mo…
Doubling Vitamin D
Today at our annual meeting in Boston, the American Academy of Pediatrics doubled the recommended amount of vitamin D that children get each day to 400 IU, in response to mounting evidence of the life…
Adult Diabetes and Kids
A huge study of millions of kids revealed for the first time the true measure of type 2 diabetes in children in the United States. The results appeared in the June 27, 2007 Journal of the American Med…
Organic Watermelon, Papaya, and Diabetes
The rise of diabetes is alarming. Today almost 1/3 of Americans, more than 73 million adults, already have diabetes or pre-diabetes (higher than normal blood glucose levels), according to the June 200…
Overweight: Not Just Skin Deep
More than a third of overweight kids, age 2 through 18, already have elevated blood pressure, according to a study of 497 kids that appears in the August 2005 Pediatrics. About half of the kids with h…
Fast-Food Fallout
Does stopping by a fast food restaurant a few times a week with your kids really make a difference in their health? A major long-term study has found a strong association between eating fast food more…
The Downward Spiral of Obesity
High blood pressure, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, low HDL, and/or increased waist size are all important heart disease risk factors, typically associated with middle age. Get ready for your…
Vaccine Diabetes Link?
Type 1 diabetes has increased in children over the last decade, presumably triggered by something in their diet or in their environment. Some have suggested that perhaps the disease is triggered by a …
A Glucose Watch at Camp
Dr. Greene shares some news on a glucose watch tested out on kids at a diabetes camp... Kids at a diabetes camp got to sample the future as they tried out a diabetes camp. After a day of fun activitie…
A Permanent Cure for Diabetes?
The cover of the November 14, 2003 Science features a stunning photograph of earth from space, as seen from Apollo 17 in 1972. It boasts the bold headline, 'State of the Planet.. Inside is a landmark …
Starting Solids and the Risk of Diabetes
Kids who start eating cereal before 3 months old run a higher risk of diabetes, according to two studies appearing in the October 1, 2003 Journal of the American Medical Association. One study was com…
Childhood Obesity and Quality of Life
We hear in the news that the percentage of American children who are obese has doubled in the last twenty years, and that the rate of increase continues to rise. Today about 1 in 7 children are obese …
Gastric Bypass Surgery for Kids
In a bold article called Childhood Obesity: A New Pandemic of the New Millennium, published in the November 2000 issue of Pediatrics, the authors chronicle how the obesity problem has become so severe…
Diabetes Options for Children
On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had approved the Glucowatch for use in children and teens with diabetes. (It had been approved for adults in 20…
Whole Grains Help
Parents need to know that white bread vs. whole wheat is not a trivial question. Whether or not children eat whole grains could have a major impact on their health. The current epidemic of childhood o…
A Test to Predict Diabetes
Most children with type 1 diabetes are not diagnosed until the situation has become desperate. The diabetes symptoms that most people are familiar with (increased thirst and increased urination) are v…
Obesity and Diabetes in Children
Twenty five percent of obese children are already glucose intolerant and at high risk for developing diabetes, according to a Yale University study published in the March 14, 2002 New England Journal …
The Link Between Parental Smoking, Obesity, and Diabetes
When mothers smoke during pregnancy, their choice may affect the children for the rest of their lives. The January 5, 2002 issue of the British Medical Journal reports an analysis of 17,000 births dur…
Advances for Diabetes
Star GlucoWatch, a painless glucose monitor for diabetics that is worn like a wristwatch, is FDA-approved. The device measures glucose levels every 20 minutes -- without needles -- even while the wear…
Asthma, Diabetes Related?
Children with type 1 diabetes are less likely to get asthma, eczema, or hayfever. And the reverse is true, that those with asthma, eczema, or hayfever are less likely to get type 1 diabetes. (more&hel…