{"id":4355,"date":"2016-05-18T17:08:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latam.patiadiabetes.com\/en\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2020-12-07T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:14:19","slug":"how-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latam.patiadiabetes.com\/en\/how-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prevent type 2 diabetes in children?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to prevent type 2 diabetes in children?<\/b><\/h1>\n
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Obesity and physical inactivity are causing that more children and teenagers suffer from type 2 diabetes, whose cases are growing worldwide. It is necessary to take measures to inculcate healthy eating habits from childhood, as we know the relationship between both diseases and influence that has a healthy diet in prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Obesity and type 2 diabetes<\/h3>\n

Andoni Lorenzo, President of the Spanish Federation of Diabetes, answered in <\/span>this interview<\/span><\/a> to the question of the causes of diabetes rise worldwide:\u00a0<\/span>The main cause is our lifestyle. Every time we eat worse, do less exercise and there isn\u00b4t a social awareness of a disease that has become a worldwide pandemia.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

In that same interview, Lorenzo emphasized the importance of the diagnosis for the prevention of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. <\/span>In Spain, 40% of people with type 2 diabetes are undiagnosed and that means more than 2 million people. It is therefore essential to monitor and anticipate a possible diagnosis.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The number in adults is already worrying, and the increasing numbers of diabetes in children makes necessary to take action now.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Which children are at greater risk of having type 2 diabetes?<\/h3>\n

\"Prevenir<\/p>\n

There are several factors that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in early ages:<\/span><\/p>\n