True. However, I should point out that the growing trend is for kids to get type II diabetes (which used to be known as adult onset), not type I (juvenile diabetes), which is by far the more serious of the two.
Type II can typically be treated by diet, excersize, occasionally oral medication, and (worst case) insulin. However, for these kids, just dropping weight almost always is the cure. Type I means you'll be taking insulin from now 'till eternity. To go back to what you were saying.... As somone who was diagnosed at 14 with diabetes, I can attest that the blood sugar checks were the worst part. This has been somewhat alleviated by the meters that can check blood from, for example, the back of your arm. However, getting kids to check it is still difficult, cause they just don't wanna (heck, I don't either). Presuming that this game has some sort of time limit (or what-have-you) per check, I don't see any harm in giving the kid some sort of extra incentive to actually do the check. --Ben Robyn wrote: > Not to be cynical and serious (on a Friday, no less!) but... > > Aren't more and more kids getting diagnosed with childhood diabetes > because of obesity? And isn't it widely thought that the problem of > obesity is very much related to the lifestyle of kids these days - i.e., > playing lots of video games, not exercising, etc? Creating a cartridge > for the Game Boy that uses a serious health and lifestyle issue to > create another game seems to be adding fuel to the fire, if you ask me... > > -R > > Ben Doom wrote: > >>>There's a company nearby (New Hampshire I think) that makes a cool little >>>Gameboy cartridge that will check blood sugar levels. It's aimed at kids >>>and provides a game to play related to the readings. >> >> >>Huh. I wonder if I could convince Blue Cross to buy me a GBA/SP.... >> >>--Ben >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159573 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
