The increasing obesity epidemic among children is believed to be the leading cause in the increase of juvenile diabetes. Of course, not everyone agrees with this statement. However, it is difficult to argue with this because as obesity continues to increase, so does Type 2 diabetes. In fact, both of these percentages are rising at nearly the same rate. Another of the reasons why juvenile diabetes appears to be on the rise is because most of today's children have poor eating habits and nutrition. They either live the fast food lifestyle or they eat a bag a chips while playing video games. Of course, this only helps to increase the obesity rate, as does the sedentary lifestyle that revolves around watching television, playing video games and talking to their friends on the computer.
Concerns About Juvenile Diabetes
One of the main concerns about juvenile diabetes is that it can have negative affects later on in a child's life. This is because these children have been found to have more life threatening complications than those children who have type 1 diabetes. Some of the major problems include heart disease, damage to the nervous system, renal failure, blindness and limb amputations, especially when it comes to their feet and lower legs.
