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Children with Diabetes

Resources for parents of children with type I or type II diabetes mellitus.

Symptoms of Diabetes
Does your child have any symptoms of diabetes? Try our symptoms of diabetes screening quiz.

Kids Diabetes Alert
We often think of overweight adults as being at risk for having diabetes, but it is now known that many overweight teens are at risk for diabetes too. Learn to recognize the risk factors of diabetes in your kids.

Children and Diabetes
Finding out that your child has been diagnosed with diabetes can be very frightening and overwhelming. Children and their families have to go through a tremendous learning experience to help the child manage his or her diabetes. But kids are adaptable and kids with diabetes can have very normal childhoods with preparation and understanding.

Can You Catch Diabetes?
Learn whether or not you can catch diabetes.

Children with Diabetes
An online community to get more information about diabetes in children, with chat rooms, message boards, a list of diabetes camps, and comprehensive educational information about diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
New guidelines from the American Diabetes Association to address the alarming rise of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents including a consenus statement that states that early detection and treatment are key to preventing future complications. Includes information about the classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, testing, treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes in children.

What You Need to Know about Type 2 Diabetes in Children
A simplified summary for the lay public of the ADA Consensus Statement on "Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents"

Diabetes in the School and Day Care Setting
A position statement from the American Diabetes Association about the Care of Children With Diabetes in the School and Day Care Setting.

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