Category: For Parents and Kids

Some people can concentrate on an assignment, to the exclusion of all distractions around them. My husband, who is an avid reader, can sit at a public place and read, no matter how much noise exists around him. Some people …

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How many children are over weight?

Large plan on the problem of the overweight and obesity at the child and the teenager.

In Switzerland, 1 enfant/adolescent out of 10 is obese! How to estimate the degree …

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Give children simple explanations when talking to them about a friend or family member with diabetes…
Telling adults about a child’s diabetes diagnosis might be an easy task. You just let them know about the diabetes and move on from there.  …

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Every year parents are told that their children may have a chronic disease like diabetes and the history of that family changes dramatically. I have, in the past, worked with families with children who have a variety of chronic diseases …

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Every year parents are told that their children may have a chronic disease like diabetes and the history of that family changes dramatically. I have, in the past, worked with families with children who have a variety of chronic diseases …

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Diabetes care for children has changed dramatically over the past several years with the introduction of self-monitoring of blood glucose, insulin infusion pumps, rapid-acting insulin, and carbohydrate counting. All of these have given pediatric health care professionals and parents of …

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Remember that how you deal with and accept diabetes will often determine the way your child deals with and accepts diabetes. Although you are naturally anxious, it’s up to you to help your child accept his or her diabetes with …

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Here are some tips to help you choose a blood gucose meter:
Insurance
Health insurance companies may only pay for specific meters or have limitations on cost. Check with your insurance company to see what it pays for and find out if …

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To take care of your child’s diabetes along with her current illness, follow these general principles.

Continue Insulin Treatment
Your intuition might tell you to reduce or stop your child’s insulin, especially if she is not eating very much. Younger or newly …

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If your child’s diabetes is in pretty good control, she probably won’t get sick more often than people without diabetes, but everyone does get sick once in a while. In people with diabetes, a cold, flu, and other illness can …

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