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| Premature Children |
Children who are born prematurely, will experience reduced sensitivity to insulin or a condition called pre-diabetes, which can cause it to suffer diabetes at a later date.
This situation can also occur in children who are born with low weight, although born of a full pregnancy.
This research was conducted by measuring the levels of insulin sensitivity, namely how efficient his insulin in breaking glucose, from 72 healthy children aged 4-10 years.
Including 50 children, born prematurely, less than 32 weeks gestational age, 38 such children have an appropriate weight to the age of her pregnancy while the remainder, 12 children have a smaller body weight than age pregnancy. Medium 22 other children, born with a full gestation, 13 of which have a smaller body weight than age pregnancy.
The measurement results showed that children born prematurely with a weight which, however, decreased insulin sensitivity of about 30 percent, compared with children who are born with normal weight with full gestational age.
At age 40-10 years, children born prematurely who is converting the increase in acute insulin release is compensated. This can be seen at the time they eat, insulin is released turns out higher, to overcome the lack of sensitivity to insulin that occurs in them.
Why does this happen to a premature child, the experts can not explain. But by making healthy lifestyle such as exercise, obesity prevention and healthy lifestyle that will make them avoid serious illnesses later in life.
Lack of insulin sensitivity or lack of insulin sensitivity, in addition can cause diabetes, can also result in obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
