The Garbutt Magpies in Townsville has switched to serving only water alongside healthy food at its Friday night activities for local children, measuring the effects for a type 2 diabetes prevention study.
A country sports club in Townsville has stopped serving soft drink to children and measured the effects.A country sports club in North Queensland has scrapped the sale of soft drink in a community-led push to prevent type 2 diabetes among Indigenous young people.
"Since June we've noticed some kids have grown, some have lost weight, there's been changes in some of the kids since we've started which has been really good," she said."Some of the ones that didn't really want to get out there much are now a little bit more active."When someone has diabetes, their body can't maintain healthy levels of glucose in the blood. Glucose is a form of sugar.
But for 10-year-olds Ashleigha Massey and Makayla Poynter, the focus on Friday nights was having fun and playing sport, not research."We would not like for our teeth to get yellow, and we want to stay healthy," she said.Garbutt Magpies chairman Randal Ross said the high level of engagement in the study had been promising.
Researchers have also said the high level of diabetes reflects a broad range of factors including education, income and access to services.
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