Children’s Health Checkup
Children’s Health Checkup
Can Diet and Exercise Reverse Prediabetes in Kids?
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Can Diet and Exercise Reverse Prediabetes in Kids?

In this episode, Mikie Rangel, RD, Clinical Dietitian at Children’s Health, explains what prediabetes is and why lifestyle change can often reverse it. She discusses insulin resistance basics, the role of water and reducing sugary drinks, increasing daily activity and when puberty or continued weight gain may push labs toward type 2 diabetes. 

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