Health written question – answered at on 17 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to help prevent childhood diabetes.
The majority of children with diabetes have Type 1 diabetes, which is not currently preventable.
Although it is much rarer in children than Type 1, there is a strong evidence base closely linking Type 2 diabetes with obesity and inactivity. The Government are helping to prevent Type 2 diabetes in children by tackling obesity and inactivity through schemes such as Change4Life, the National Child Measurement programme, and the Healthy Child programme.
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