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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"childhood diabetes"”.
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An Analysis of Adherence in Childhood Diabetes: Social Learning and Family Systems Variables
… perceptions of their competency in managing diabetes, 2) to assess family flexibility and cohesiveness, and 3) to assess the utility of self-efficacy and family factors as predictors of adherence and metabolic control. Participants included 62 youths with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus …
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Epidemiological Studies Of Childhood Onset Type 1 Diabetes In Devon And Cornwall
A high quality register of children with type 1 diabetes, The Cornwall and Plymouth Children's Diabetes Register (CPCDR), has been successfully established in the far South West of England for this thesis. Children aged 0-15 years of age who were diagnosed with type I diabetes in the study area …
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A description of the characteristics at presentation of children diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus from 2005-2009 at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… most of the patients were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (96%). The median age at diagnosis was 8.5 years with a mean HbA1c of 11, 3%. 68% of the patients were in the normal weight category while 8, 4% of the patients were obese. 148 (65%) of the 225 patients presented in diabetic ketoacidosis …
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The Effects of an ActiPed Pedometer Intervention Program on Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity of Youth in a School System in East Tennessee.
… System in the fight against inactivity and childhood diabetes implementing the ActiPed Pedometer Intervention Program in January of 2008.</p><p>Secondary data were collected by the investigator which included pretest and posttest Fitness Tests measures for body composition and aerobic …
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Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Diabetes
… health concerns that have been on the rise is childhood obesity and diabetes. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey indicate that approximately one-third of children in the United States are overweight or obese with 17% meeting criteria for obesity (Pulgaron and Delamater, 2014). …