Aziana was 11 when she found out that, like her mother, she had type 2 diabetes. I seen my mom, and, like, she takes medicine, and i didnt want to do that. Now heres the really bad news. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing in american children. Dr. Dana dabelea is with the Colorado School of public health. Okay. So, what is diabetes . It affects your blood sugar. It doesnt stay the way it normally would in, like, a healthy person. Diabetes is a condition that occurs when the body either doesnt make enough insulin or doesnt respond normally to the insulin that it makes. Insulin is a hormone that most of us naturally make in our body. Insulin converts sugar into energy. So, those with type 1 diabetes were born with an inability to process sugar. On the other hand, if you eat too many foods and drinks with lots of sugar, you can develop type 2 diabetes. Bottom line whether type 1 or type 2, you dont have the natural insulin you need. And as a result, the bloodsugar levels rise,
A spot to be here, you know . Theyre here because they did something to make a difference in their community. So its not like were bringing a bunch of kids to tell them they should help. Were bringing kids who are helping, so that kids at home who are sitting down, watching maybe want to do something and know they can. We day encourages children to think beyond their communities and to realize that, together, we can have an effect on change in the world, and its theirs to change. But theres more than just star power on this red carpet. Although not immediately recognizable as celebrities, these folks are the true inspirational force behind this movement. Its an exhilarating feeling, because all these people are here, and theyre excited for you, so its gonna be awesome. I think its amazing, and its so cool to be in an environment where theres so many people like myself that really want to make a difference and change things. The first we day that i ever spoke at, we had about 5,000 stud
I would tnc for three weeks away from telephone, internet, and physical libraries, yet i was in the middle of a Research Project on Benjamin Franklin that required me to every material and french. Decided to use my time at sea by reviving my french. I chose a small paperback edition of jules verne, around the world in 80 days First Published in 1872. When i was busy and the ship by may ballot to the book. My french was good enough to my surprise that i enjoyed the story and as a historian i appreciated its detailed. Especially the nature of the protagonist. His london club remarks offhandedly the scheduled travel services can take a person around the world and 80 days. Prove it, and hes off. The ada measure was only conceivable by the late 19th century. In the age of sailing getting around the world had taken months or even years. The speed of my ship would have lost fog is bad. It was the invention of steam power but also the creation of regimented european empires around the globe, t
Patrick and living in a country with president barack obama. One of the reasons you just stated in creating better access to both Educational Opportunities and health care which is eliminating all of those other disparities. Its important we not upset about the 99 of the 47 and just remember that there are people behind all of those percentages, and people that has been struggling and People Living in poverty. If you talk about the shrinking middle class, who were the joining . And so i want a president and governor and a major that believes in making those critical investment in physical infrastructure and in people that support the rule that everyone has to play in the economy including giving people in poverty on a pathway to selfsufficiency that is just as important. A round of applause for the panel. [applause] jim bendat correspondent for msnbc come i tv and sky news is next on booktv. For the next half hour, he talks of the history of president ial inauguration going back to 79.
Thank you at home for joining us this hour. Sometimes at big moments. Sometimes when our country is wrapped up in big historic events, particularly when theres fastmoving news and there can be information overload about it, sometimes its almost easier to see whats going on here if you take somebody elses viewf us. If you look in on us from the outside. I mean, its one thing for us to cover, day in and day out, these twin tent posts of history were pitching up under aej day now. This pandemic and election to see if were going to reelect this president during this pandemic. We do our best every day. Sometimes though, maybe particularly on a sfrooid night, it is clearer or kind of just easier to grauk, easier to absorb when, instead of us, americans covering the situation among ourselves, sometimes its easier to understand it, see it through brighter eyes when its a nice british lady covering it for an audience in another country. Were rounding the turn. Drives them crazy when i say that.