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Impact of Soda in Childhood Seen in Adolescence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young children who load up on sugary soft drinks risk developing signs of heart disease and diabetes in adolescence, according to a long-term study in which doctors followed a group of girls from 5 to 13 years of age.

“Parents should be aware that diet and lifestyle choices during early childhood have an impact on later disease risk,” study chief Alison K. Ventura told Reuters Health. “In this study we are seeing the effects of these choices during early adolescence.”

“Additionally, parents should be aware of early risk factors (e.g., accelerated weight and fat mass gain) that appear to predict disease risk later on,” added Ventura, who is a doctoral candidate at Penn State’s Center for Childhood Obesity Research.

Ventura and two colleagues have identified “risk profiles” for metabolic syndrome in adolescence, based on their study of 154 white non-Hispanic girls. Source

Internet Helps People with Diabetes Monitor Blood Sugar
An Internet-based blood sugar monitoring system is superior to making regular visits to a doctor’s office for controlling blood sugar and achieving optimal, stable blood sugar levels, according to a long-term study of a group of diabetes patients who used the system.

“Urgently, we need to find a new system for effective glucose control and we suggest that the (Internet-based system) could be a key for solution of diabetes-related problems,” Dr. Jae-Hyoung Cho from The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, told Reuters Health.

With the system, diabetes patients log on to a website and upload their self-obtained blood sugar results on an individualized online chart. They may also post questions, concerns, or issues that might influence blood sugar control in a “memo box” for their health care provider. Source

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