Educating High School Students About Being a Diabetic Athlete
February 3, 2011 by wwkayakfamily
Filed under Diabetes, In The News
This week I was asked to talk to local highschool students in a Health Occupations class about being an athlete with diabetes. I was nervous at first because they were highschool students and so much bigger than me, but I loosened up and had a good time. The students asked lots of questions and I had fun showing them how I check my sugar and insert a catheter for my insulin site. I showed them one of of my videos so they could see what I do, then asked trivia questions and gave out Jackson DVD’s for correct answers. The kids looked very interested in what I had to say and I think they learned a lot and had fun doing it. They are hopin to raise $10,000 for Juvenial Diabetes reseach and I hope they beat their goal!
UCLA researchers demonstrated that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may help inhibit development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions that are involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which affect millions worldwide.
My 6 year old son wants to play on the computer and I don’t want him playing gory shooter types games (the ones I like to play after he has gone to bed) but all the educational games are massively boring.
Any suggestions out there for fun games about reading and math?