Health committee  Thank you for the question. It is a difficult issue, because sometimes a glass of orange juice is the only portion of fruit or vegetables that a child consumes in a day. People are always a bit reluctant to cut out that portion. Personally, I consider that the problem with juic

Health committee  I do. I think there have been a lot of studies showing that certain methods used have been efficacious in reducing the consumption of certain deleterious foods. I think that is a definite step to reducing the consumption of foods that are probably very poor for health overall.

Health committee  There is some research to support the fact that banning marketing or ads, like television commercials, to children does decrease the desire for or the use of certain products. In Quebec, for example, there are some strong policies that restrict marketing to children. I think tha

Health committee  Indeed, type 1 diabetes is considered a lifelong auto-immune disease. However, type 2 diabetes is generally a progressive disease. When the patient reaches the point where he needs treatment to maintain normal blood sugar levels, then it is really lifelong. We need to act upstrea

Health committee  They'll use Instagram well, though.

Health committee  Can I add something to that? From a pediatric and adolescent standpoint, apps are wonderful if people are motivated to use them. While children are very clicked in to the Internet and stuff, they're not particularly interested in using health care apps, from my experience. They'r

Health committee  Yes, it was. My third recommendation also spoke to some of the particularities that the previous speakers also addressed in culturally sensitive programs to treat kids from specific vulnerable groups, for example, first nations. I think there's a lot of work to be done in that

Health committee  Can I answer that?

Health committee  I love that question, because indeed, youth with type 2 diabetes are more at risk of binge eating and depression. In fact, at baseline, in some of the studies, 15% already have symptoms of depression. In addition, those who are obese, which is 95% of them, often live a lot of del

Health committee  First, there are a lot of well-established risk factors for type 2 diabetes in children in particular. Obviously, obesity is the number one risk factor. Certain ethnic backgrounds are more at risk. Obviously sedentary behaviour, low physical activity, and poor nutrition are risk

Health committee  That's a very good question. I'm going to answer it in two ways. Certainly there are technologies of interest for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in particular. I know the committee discussed the difference between type 1 and type 2 at the last session, but I'll just refresh ev

Health committee  Yes, thank you. I can speak in English actually. It might be easier. Is that okay?

Health committee  Thank you. I wish to thank the committee for the invitation to speak and to provide a pediatric perspective on diabetes in Canada. I'm a pediatric endocrinologist and researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine and co-director of a cardiovascular disease risk prevention program at Sai