Ensuring that patients’ blood sugar levels were closely regulated also led to them being 15 per cent less likely to have a heart attack.
More than two million people in Britain currently suffer from Type 2 diabetes, the most common kind, and experts estimate that that number could increase to four million by 2025, because of lifestyle issues such as obesity.
Diabetes occurs when the body loses the ability to control its blood sugar levels.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, Tennessee is ranked third in the nation for childhood obesity and 47th for overall health status.
Because of this high ranking, Congress passed Public Chapter 1001 for the 2007-2008 school year, making 90 minutes of physical activity per week mandatory for elementary and secondary schools.
“This is where we come in to play,” Fit Kids Coordinator Amy Greene said.
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Women who count calories during pregnancy could be condemning their unborn children to a lifetime of obesity, scientists have warned.
It is thought that a lack of food in the womb alters the programming of the baby’s fat cells, leading to weight problems in later life.
As they grown into adulthood the child  may find their body is still trying to compensate for the food shortages it experienced years before, a science conference heard yesterday.
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