Anonymous Question Can my grandson go boxing?

[Anonymous Question]

Anonymous question submitted:

My 13 year old grandson has Type 1 diabetes and we want to know if he can undertake boxing training

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[phoenix]

Rules for amateur boxing allow people with 'controlled T1' to box.
http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/news/advice-for-boxers-with-type-1-and-type-2-diabetes/
One of the major problems for people with T1 during any sport is hypoglycaemia and this could obviously be very dangerous during a boxing match (this is the reason that the rules prohibited T1s from taking part in amateur boxing events but the rules have changed )
You will find lots of advice on the runsweet site about controlling glucose levels during exercise. There is a brief section describing the regime of one amateur boxer.http://www.runsweet.com/Hypoglycaemia.html