diabetes 2

Diet is a quite important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
overweight Latino children show signs of beta cell decline
a precursor of type 2 diabetes because they are consuming lots of sugar especially in sugary drinks.

Nowadays
statistics show that nearly one out of four Latino children in the United States is overweight
and the problem appears to be worse over the future. Obesity rates are increasing along with the incidence of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes within overweight teens. Under a researchers' report published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
high sugar consumption during childhood may play an important role in the development of diabetes in this population.

According to experts in preventive medicine
overweight and poor diet among these children could have disastrous consequences for minority health and the health-care costs for future generations
if they are left untreated.

The research called Study of Latinos at Risk (SOLAR) Diabetes Project is conducted by the research team from the Keck School. This project examined 63 overweight Latino children in Los Angeles from 9 to 13 years old and do not have diabetes.

Beta cells in the pancreas
experts explain
create the hormone insulin in response to sugar from food. Energy is something necessary to cells in the body's tissues
so they need sugar
or glucose
and insulin helps cells grab and take up glucose in the blood.