School Run Fitness and Food Campaigns Can Lower Risk of Diabetes

Fri, 09 Jul 2010
Schools are able to play a crucial role in reducing the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, so recent research suggests.

The researchers discovered that secondary school students are less likely to be overweight or obese should the school offer more healthy food, more active PE lessons and a wider health education programme.

Obesity amongst children is a huge problem, with around 1 in 7 children very overweight or obese in the UK, and the problem is increasing.

Obese children have a higher risk of multiple health problems, like high blood pressure and asthma.

They are more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes too, whereby you have excess glucose or sugar in your blood. Over a period of time, this can trigger serious health conditions, such as, kidney failure and heart disease .

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