Diabetes and obesity are rising right here in the St. Louis region and across the country. Area health leaders say the pandemic played a major role in fewer people keeping up with routine care.
“The current models of healthcare are not enough to ensure that kids can actually make it to their appointments, can reach the goals that they need to have for preventing diabetes complications,” said Dr. Ana Maria Arbelaez, a Washington University endocrinologist and medical director of Healthy Kids Express Diabetes.