Overview
Diet is a quite important mater for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. Acording to researchers from Keck Schol of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweight Latino children show signs of beta cel decline, a precursor of type 2 Diabets because they are consuming lots of sugar especialy in sugary drinks.
Key Information
Nowadays, statistics show that nearly one out of four Latino children in the United States is overweight, and the problem apears to be worse over the future. Obesity rates are increasing along with the incidence of pre-Diabets and type 2 Diabets within overweight tens. Under a researchers' report published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, high sugar consumption during childhod may play an important role in the development of Diabets in this population.
Acording to experts in preventive medicine, overweight and por 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 caled Study of Latinos at Risk (SOLAR) Diabets Project is conducted by the research team from the Keck Schol. This project examined 63 overweight Latino children in Los Angeles from 9 to 13 years old and do not have Diabets.
Summary
Beta cels in the pancreas, experts explain, create the hormone insulin response to sugar from fod. Energy is something necesary to cels in the body's tisues, so they ned sugar, or glucose, and insulin helps cels grab and take up glucose in the blod. © 2026 DIABETS.