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Article: Practical Management of Type 1 Diabetes During Exercise.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
- Author:
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Imagine that you are taking your physical education students on a field trip to participate in a new activity: indoor rock-climbing at a local gym. While most of your students are excited about the upcoming event, one child approaches you before the trip, explaining that she has diabetes and is unsure of how to control her condition during this new recreation. Would you know what to tell her or how to help her regulate her blood sugars? This scenario is entirely possible. An estimated one million individuals in the United States, the majority of whom were diagnosed during childhood or adolescence, have type 1 (formerly called insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. An ...
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