Type 2 diabetes self-care challenging for teens

Well, what did you expect? Duh.

"Young people with type 2 diabetes struggle to maintain healthy eating habits and to get enough exercise, with non-white teens appearing to have a particularly tough time, according to what the researchers call the most comprehensive study to date of self-care among adolescents with the disease...

Rothman and his team are now investigating interventions like social networking and motivational communications with families to help adolescents with type 2 diabetes adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles."

And it will never work as long as impossible diets are recommended, the myth of healthy foods is perpetuated and "exercise" is recommended for weight loss - the sure to fail trifecta.