'Staggering' Doubling of Type 2 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953816

by mrfusion • 5 years ago

2 4 5 years ago

I guess kids need gym class after all.

_Microft2• 5 years ago

Were lockdowns in the US so hard that the kids were not allowed to leave the house during the time or is it more a problem of their own doing in the sense that they actually could have done sports (running, cycling, hiking, bodyweight exercises if the gym is closed,...) if they had only wanted to? Scheduled activities would have made it a lot easier to overcome one's weaker self of course.

For context: having a walk or doing sports on your own were allowed even during lockdowns here in Germany, while I know that Australia had implemented very strict measures for example.

version_five• 5 years ago

Not an expert but I expect most kids get their exercise through play, or maybe some team sports. I don't picture many kids readily swapping that for solitary running and bodyweight exercise.

_Microft2• 5 years ago

That's a good point, I was rather assuming school kids missing physical education lessons than kids not being able to accidently exert themselves while playing with others. I thought it was about having to replace sport lessons with other activity.

'Staggering' Doubling of Type 2 Diabetes in Kids During Pandemic

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