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"TV Watching Results Wretched Diabetes Control in Kids", Says New Study

Thursday, June 21, 2007

If the findings of a new study are to be deliberated, the parents of children having type 1 diabetes need to be extra cautious if their children spend maximum time watching television. According to new findings, teens and children who like to spend their most of the time watching T.V are more prone to have a bad grasp over their blood glucose levels.

Patients suffering from type 1 diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared with the general populace, and poor blood glucose control is a vital determinant of CVD in type 1 diabetes patients," elucidated Dr. Hanna D. Margeirsdottir, of Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, in its report in the medical journal titled Diabetes Care.

No studies have accounted the effect of television viewing on the control of blood glucose or on CVD risk factors in kids and adolescents with type 1 diabetes so far" Dr. Margeirsdottir noted

The researchers analyzed 538 children and adolescents, who were suffering from type1 diabetes for nearly 5 years, and aged above 13 years. All the participants hailed from the eastern part of Norway. The overall time spent to watch television and time spent over computer was calculated with the help of interviews arranged with the subjects or young children's parents.

In the conclusion, the average A1C was found 8.6%. This measurement is basically the quantity of glycosylated hemoglobin in the blood with regard to the quantity of normal hemoglobin, and shows the extent to which levels of blood glucose are controlled over the elongated term.

The investigators noticed that with the increase in the average figure of hours spent over television watching, the participants' AIC level, body mass index (BMI) and the quantity of insulin required on a regular basis also got augmented.

Television watching has further found to be connected with noshing manners, and subjects who spent more time over television watching have been found inclined towards harmful eating habits," pointed Margeirsdottir's team.