Severe hypoglycaemia in children and adolescents should have already died out, just like the dinosaurs did more than 60 million years ago,” said a young student recently in one of the author’s training sessions. Despite new and improved insulins, pump therapy, improved training and better modes of treatment, hypos still exist. 

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The diagnosis diabetes demands responsibility from children and adolescents right from the start. Parents are sure to feel this too. Diabetes places a mortgage on further disorders affecting especially the thyroid glands, intestines and adrenal glands, making early detection and treatment all the more important.

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Since Banting and Best, produced the first insulin injection, thereby saving thousands upon thousands of lives of people with type 1 diabetes, there have been dramatic improvements in insulin therapy, and much is now known about the autoimmune disease—maybe enough to develop a vaccine.

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When a child is diagnosed with diabetes, the parents often concern about the child’s future. Will their child be able to lead a normal life? Or will the diabetes blot out all future hopes and dreams? We invite young people with diabetes to discuss how they live, fulfill their dreams, and integrate diabetes into their lives.

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Since a year ago, food labelling has become more extensive. When shopping or when putting the groceries away, have you already noticed the little circles or miniatures of garbage bins with percentages on them? What do they mean? There are a lot of things you need to know when buying groceries.

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