| Type 2 Diabetes has adverse effect on the sugar | | | | 30% of the children who are born after 2000 are |
| levels of our body. The sugar levels need to be | | | | prone to get diabetes. |
| kept within a certain range and a condition where | | | | When it comes to kids it is necessary to inculcate |
| it is well above the permissible limit or below it can | | | | in them correct food habits. They are not aware |
| become a cause of worry. Eating healthy snacks | | | | of what is good and nutritional food for them. The |
| can minimize the risk of Type 2 diabetes. | | | | onus here lies with the schools and the parents of |
| In this form of diabetes, the insulin generated in | | | | the kids. In the past schools organized fundraising |
| the body is either insufficient or is rejected by the | | | | events and the selling of chocolate bars was an |
| cells. Insulin helps in utilizing the glucose for | | | | integral part of them. With the introduction of |
| producing energy. Insulin helps to carry the | | | | California SB 12 and other similar laws in other US |
| glucose to the cells. If it does not reach the cells, | | | | states, chocolate fundraising was banned. |
| then the body cannot make use of it for | | | | Searching for healthy fundraising solutions can |
| generating energy. In case, the cells cannot utilize | | | | solve this problem. Schools can now order healthy |
| the glucose, it remains in the blood. An excessive | | | | fundraising snacks that are low on calories. To be |
| amount of glucose in the blood can cause | | | | healthy, they would comprise less that 35% fat, |
| diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes occurs as a result of | | | | 10% less saturated fats, 25% less sugar. All in all, |
| insulin resistance and obesity. | | | | your child can have all these sumptuous snacks |
| The conditions, which lead to the occurrence of | | | | and even then consume less that 250 calories. If |
| Type 2 Diabetes, include snacking, excessive | | | | the snacks are healthy, there will be no harmful |
| eating, consumption of high calorie drinks, and | | | | trans-fats as these need to be completely |
| foods high on carbohydrate content. All these | | | | avoided by obese people. |
| shoot up the sugar levels in the body. Since the | | | | Healthy fundraising does not mean that the food |
| sugar cannot reach the tissues, its levels rise in | | | | served is bland. They are equally tasty as fries, |
| the blood. Obese people are more prone to insulin | | | | burgers and pizzas and the kids are definitely |
| resistance as the fat in the body acts as a barrier | | | | going to love them. It is important to make |
| to the optimum utilization of the insulin. In the | | | | decisions to look for healthy fundraising |
| United States of America almost one-third of the | | | | alternatives, and contribute to better health in |
| total population are obese and it is expected that | | | | America. |