Comments on: Getting American Families Moving http://www.goodmeasures.com/blog/2010/03/getting-american-families-moving/ Parenting a Child with Diabetes Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:18:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stefany Shaheen http://www.goodmeasures.com/blog/2010/03/getting-american-families-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Stefany Shaheen Tue, 04 May 2010 02:47:05 +0000 http://www.goodmeasures.com/blog/?p=351#comment-512 I could not agree with you more, Carole! Thank you for sharing your inspirational story about the importance of exercise. My daughter is a dancer and enjoys classes several days a week. She also swims. Ironically, we had a bounce house in our back yard this weekend for a family birthday party and I could not get over how dramatically it impacted her blood sugars. We ended up pulling back on her insulin due to the physical act of jumping around in a bounce house in warmer weather. Here's to spring! I could not agree with you more, Carole! Thank you for sharing your inspirational story about the importance of exercise.

My daughter is a dancer and enjoys classes several days a week. She also swims. Ironically, we had a bounce house in our back yard this weekend for a family birthday party and I could not get over how dramatically it impacted her blood sugars. We ended up pulling back on her insulin due to the physical act of jumping around in a bounce house in warmer weather.

Here’s to spring!

]]> By: Carole http://www.goodmeasures.com/blog/2010/03/getting-american-families-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Carole Mon, 03 May 2010 17:59:09 +0000 http://www.goodmeasures.com/blog/?p=351#comment-511 My son was diagnosed nearly three years ago at the age of 6, on Halloween no less (before the trick-or-treat, thank goodness!). Exercise has been integral to the management of his diabetes (only one A1C above 7!): He has a sport for every season and we stay very active as a family. In fact, after his diagnosis I went back to competitive road racing after a many year hiatus to reinforce the fact that exercise is JUST PLAIN GOOD FOR YOU. I am hopeful that the Let's Move Campaign will help to inspire this sentiment in families everywhere. Regardless of a chronic disease, we all need to be more active, not just for ourselves as adults, but to be better role models for our children. My son was diagnosed nearly three years ago at the age of 6, on Halloween no less (before the trick-or-treat, thank goodness!). Exercise has been integral to the management of his diabetes (only one A1C above 7!): He has a sport for every season and we stay very active as a family. In fact, after his diagnosis I went back to competitive road racing after a many year hiatus to reinforce the fact that exercise is JUST PLAIN GOOD FOR YOU. I am hopeful that the Let’s Move Campaign will help to inspire this sentiment in families everywhere. Regardless of a chronic disease, we all need to be more active, not just for ourselves as adults, but to be better role models for our children.

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