Dr. Steve Kopecky

Yeah, in general, you are.

Diabetics, you know, the number one type of diabetes now, 90% of it is type 2 diabetes, which is associated with being overweight and not as active physically in unhealthy eating.

So it clearly is related.

Blood pressure is related there and can cause more problems with being in diabetics.

You're at greater risk for kidney disease, greater risk for stroke, greater risk for heart attack.

In fact, the number one reason for diabetics to die is cardiovascular disease or heart and blood vessel disease, 85% of the deaths.

So it's not the diabetes that kills you.

It's the consequences of the diabetes.

Oh, my gosh.

It's incredible.

I mean, our pediatricians are telling me they're seeing kids, you know, 8, 10, 12 years old that are, you know, on the way to becoming a type 2 diabetic.

Their blood sugars are high.

They're overweight.

They're not as active physically.

And so the secret is trying to get these kids to eat a little differently and enjoy physical activity.

You know, many of the physical activities, when a non-white female graduates from secondary school, her physical activity goes down 90%.

And it's unfortunate because PE classes, you know, are all about winning.

And, you know, if you're the last kid picked in the PE class on the playground, then, you know, you're not having fun.

And you got to have fun with it.

You got to enjoy it.