How do kids get diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes — once known as juvenile diabetes — is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar (glucose) into energy. Although type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, it typically appears during childhood or adolescence. Type 2 diabetes was once a condition confined to adults. But type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise, fueled largely by the current obesity epidemic. This increasingly common condition presents special challenges for parents and children alike.

Okay the most common MYTH about diabetes is that it is caused by eating too much sugar, (Type 1) when in reality it is a symptom of it. People who already have the disease have insatiable cravings for sugar because their body is literally starving because it can not process food, due to the pancreas not producing the insuling to stablize blood sugar. Type 1 Diabetes has two factors involved: Genetic predispostion AND and environmental factor which triggers the body to start attacking it's own insulin producing cells. That environmental factor is still unknown. It could be a virus, foods, chemicals etc. No one knows what the "trigger" is. So there is nothing you can do to prevent getting Type 1. Type II is different though. Lack of exercise, eating poorly, genetics etc. can all lead to developing it. There is a VAST difference between these two types of diabetes. Only 10% of all diabetics have Type 1. Here are some symptoms of Type 1 (which is life-threatening and must be managed with insulin) Extreme thirst, urinating a lot, very tired all of the time, extreme sugar cravings. There are so many misconceptions and confusion about Diabetes. Most people are not aware of the different types. Plus it's not good for anyone to eat too much sugar, diabetic or not, they are empty calories and provide NO nutrients to the body . . .

If you don't want to get a diabetes, you have to plan your meal well; don't eat something excessively (especially sugar, white rice, white flour, durian, mango, ripe banana,etc.) and excercise routinely, and eat cherries or red-coloured fruit since they have anthocyanine that prevent diabetes.

get the information about juvenile diabetes...

Type 1 can be genetic and there is really no way to avoid it, but it is not as common as type 2, which is caused by being over weight. Diet is not so much the issue as weight control.

Juvenile diabetes is usually inherited.

Kids are diagnosed with diabetes which is thought to be genetic (type I) or through poor diet/exercise practice (type II). There is nothing in particular that you could eat to "get" diabetes. Do some independent research, you'll find your answers and you will learn that Type II diabetes is a completely different disease from Type I (what a 'kid' would most likely be diagnosed with). Just because eating candy and energy drinks doesn't cause diabetes, I would still take everything in moderation.

eating too much candy will not cause diabetes but will make u fat and less sensitive to insulin and this is a risk factor for diabetes

its hereditary. its not what you eat that you get it already its been in the famly and you are bound to get it. but if you eat alot of sweets and know it it could hit earlier. so there fore if you know family back ground you can stay away from having lots. now a person with out back ground very seldome will get it no matter how much sugar you have its the way thegeners and back ground work