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Actually, I should say colleagues of mine who I've worked with in the past, and they're really, really great, great colleagues and friends. Teresa Ambrose manages the Diabetes and Health Behavior Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, and she guides efforts to prevent diabetes and improve lives of all the people that are involved with diabetes, whether you're a caregiver or an actual person.

Her career is focused on well-being and the prevention of chronic disease in health systems, schools, early child care, work sites, community settings, etc. She's a registered dietitian. We've had Teresa on the show previously talking about nutrition, and I encourage you to listen to that show as well. So thank you, Teresa, for being with us today. Also, Julie Dalton.

Her career is focused on well-being and the prevention of chronic disease in health systems, schools, early child care, work sites, community settings, etc. She's a registered dietitian. We've had Teresa on the show previously talking about nutrition, and I encourage you to listen to that show as well. So thank you, Teresa, for being with us today. Also, Julie Dalton.

who I also had the pleasure of working with. She always has a great smile when she does all of her work. And she's the diabetes prevention planner at the Minnesota Department of Health in the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division.

who I also had the pleasure of working with. She always has a great smile when she does all of her work. And she's the diabetes prevention planner at the Minnesota Department of Health in the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division.

Currently, she oversees strategies to implement and spread and sustain evidence-based family-centered childhood obesity interventions as it relates to diabetes and has quite a long history over 15 years of public health practice and experience. These are really experts in the field, and I'm sure that you, the listening audience, will enjoy hearing from them. So thank you, Teresa and Julie.

Currently, she oversees strategies to implement and spread and sustain evidence-based family-centered childhood obesity interventions as it relates to diabetes and has quite a long history over 15 years of public health practice and experience. These are really experts in the field, and I'm sure that you, the listening audience, will enjoy hearing from them. So thank you, Teresa and Julie.

Thank you for being with us today. So let's start this whole thing out by focusing on, first of all, when you say diabetes, it's one thing. When you say childhood, diabetes. What are we really referring to? How do you define that age category of childhood?

Thank you for being with us today. So let's start this whole thing out by focusing on, first of all, when you say diabetes, it's one thing. When you say childhood, diabetes. What are we really referring to? How do you define that age category of childhood?

So let me ask you something. When we talk about childhood, can you have diabetes at birth?

So let me ask you something. When we talk about childhood, can you have diabetes at birth?

See, I don't, you know, again, you know, I don't know whether or not, you know, as we define this category of childhood, we're talking about birth onward, or are we talking about 9, 10 onward? What's the parameter for childhood?

See, I don't, you know, again, you know, I don't know whether or not, you know, as we define this category of childhood, we're talking about birth onward, or are we talking about 9, 10 onward? What's the parameter for childhood?

You know, when we talk about all of these, the chronic diseases that we, that we have on, on health chatter, we usually focus on three components, prevention, acute treatment, and then disease management. So I know that the Department of Health really focuses on prevention, and we'll get into that a little bit more in a second here. Clarence, you had a comment.

You know, when we talk about all of these, the chronic diseases that we, that we have on, on health chatter, we usually focus on three components, prevention, acute treatment, and then disease management. So I know that the Department of Health really focuses on prevention, and we'll get into that a little bit more in a second here. Clarence, you had a comment.

So how do you, you know, I keep thinking, I remember our son had his first, when he had his first birthday party and of course we had a cake and I think that was like the first, you know, taste of sugar and he went nuts when he first tasted it. And so it's like, okay, going forward though, how do you define moderation?

So how do you, you know, I keep thinking, I remember our son had his first, when he had his first birthday party and of course we had a cake and I think that was like the first, you know, taste of sugar and he went nuts when he first tasted it. And so it's like, okay, going forward though, how do you define moderation?

I mean, you know, these things are in our environment where we have these sugary cereals, we have these sugary drinks, we have things that are causing us to get obese. How is it from a prevention standpoint, we can work with people or communities on identifying moderation?

I mean, you know, these things are in our environment where we have these sugary cereals, we have these sugary drinks, we have things that are causing us to get obese. How is it from a prevention standpoint, we can work with people or communities on identifying moderation?

Yeah, better choices. Yeah, Claire.