Are you the parent of a child with diabetes? If so, you know how
challenging – sometimes downright discouraging – it can be to
help your child understand and manage the disease. We turned to
Dr. Calvin Hobel, co-principal investigator of the National
Children’s Study, to get a greater understanding of pediatric
diabetes and ways parents can best care for their children. Q&A
with Dr. Calvin Hobel about kids with diabetes In addition to
his participation in the National Children’s Study, Dr. Calvin
Hobel is the Miriam Jacobs Chair in Maternal Fetal Medicine at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a professor of
obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics at the UCLA School of
Medicine, and chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the
General Clinical Research Center. He is also a member of the
March of Dimes Scientific Advisory Board and the director of the
Center for Women and Infant Research at Cedars-Sinai. SheKnows:
How does diabetes impact a child’s life now and into adulthood?
Dr. Calvin Hobel: The r