Diabetes association aims to assist children and their families
News Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013Valleytowncrier: October 21, 2013
Obesity and diabetes tend to go hand in hand in the Rio Grande Valley.
According to UTPA’s Border Health office, The estimated population of the Rio Grande Valley is 1,170,776(National Census Bureau, 2006). The estimated diabetes prevalence rate in the Rio Grande Valley is 26%. (UTPA Border Health Office, 2006).
However, there are two types of diabetes that may affect individuals and one of them has nothing to do with eating habits or lack of exercise.
In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas undergoes an autoimmune attack by the body itself, and is rendered incapable of making insulin. These individuals are on insulin. Type 1 is usually diagnosed in children and young adulthood so it is formerly known as juvenile onset diabetes. Read More
