Health and Fitness

Family Problem-solving Sessions Help Teens Better Manage Diabetes

NIH study shows program helps adolescents control blood sugar

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2012.  A clinic-based program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their families helped the teens develop the healthy behaviors needed to control their blood sugar levels, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found.

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The researchers found that 12- to 15-year-olds benefited from a two-year program of three to four meetings each year with parents and a health advisor to discuss…

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