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City kids' diabetes warning.


Byline: By LOUISE MALE

BRITAIN faces a diabetes time bomb as obesity rates soar SOAR - 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp.  among inner-city kids.

Only 37 per cent in urban areas walk to school compared with 67 per cent of suburban children, say researchers.

And 47 per cent spend more than four hours a day glued glue  
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a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.

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 to the TV or playing computer games.

It is leading to obesity and contributing to the onset of Type 2 diabetes type 2 diabetes
n.
See diabetes mellitus.
, until recently diagnosed only among over-40s.

More than 1,000 child cases have been diagnosed, fuelling fears we could follow the US, where thousands of kids face early death from the condition.

Dr Kamlesh Khunti, of Leicester University, said: "Children in urban areas are not doing enough exercise. It needs to be addressed."

A BAN on some diabetics driving buses and lorries may be relaxed after researchers found they are less of a risk than first thought.
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Mar 29, 2006
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