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101 Tips for Raising Healthy Kids with Diabetes

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I have read this book & it is not very good for Type 1 kids or parents of Type 1's. Yes, Type 2 is on the rise in the US for kids, & for those kids which eating, exercise, & weight loss will help curb and possibly cure their Type 2 diabetes, this book is good. For type 1's who can NOT control their disease with dieting & exercise, this book was practically useless. =0( Two thumbs way down for Type 1's.

This book title piqued my interest, but the reviewer that says "With obesity and diabetes on the rise in children, parents are eager for information that can make raising a child with diabetes easier" tells me that the reviewer doesn't have a child that lives with diabetes 24/7.

The majority of children diagnosed with diabetes have Type 1, which is an autoimmune disease and has nothing to do with obesity. There is no known cause of Type 1 diabetes and at this point no one can prevent it. There is a huge myth in this world that children get diabetes from "eating too much sugar," and that is not the case in Type 1 (again, the majority of children have Type 1). It IS caused by the immune system preventing the pancreas from producing insulin, and no one can survive without insulin. When the body does not produce insulin, then the person with Type 1 diabetes needs injected insulin.

EVERYONE needs to learn to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet. Kids with Type 1 diabetes can eat NORMALLY like everyone else, but they need to count carbs and take insulin for it because of the fact that their pancreas does not produce insulin.

The book might have great information and be written by someone who has true knowledge of Type 1 diabetes, but if so, the author wouldn't be happy to have THIS particular statement used to promote their book. If the book deals with Type 2 diabetes in children, then the title of the book should specify that.

'Healthy' and 'diabetes' usually don't go together; particularly when children are involved - but thanks to modern medicine and 101 Tips for Raising Healthy Kids with Diabetes, they can go together quite nicely. Parents are given quick, easy answers to topics relating to medication, nutrition, and handling diabetes throughout the age groups. From sports safety to schooling options, everything's covered here.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch