Diabetic children 'missing out at school'

01 Sep 2008

Children with diabetes are suffering academically as a result of insulin breaks taking them away from the classroom, it has been said.

Dr Katherine Barnard from the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton explained that children with type 1 diabetes often have to leave class 15 minutes earlier to go to the medical room and test if their glucose levels demand an insulin injection.

The last section of the class tends to be that part of the class where the teacher sums up the lesson and issues vital homework.

Type 1 diabetes usually appears in children, whereas type 2 diabetes tends to develop in people over the age of 40.

According to research, the fastest growing rate of type 1 diabetes is among newborns to five year olds.

Figures show that there are currently 20,000 children in the UK with type 1 diabetes. Around 15% per 100,000 of 16-year-olds and under have type 1 diabetes.

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