Hi
I personally think carbs at any age should be monitored. Even low sugar varieties of breakfast cereals are misleading. I check the back of the boxes and try and ensure that I buy no more than 10g of carb sugar (ideally 5 but difficult to get) - A diabetic diet is actually a healthy diet for everyone anyway so it is just about changing lifestyle. I think the answer is just to keep kids really healthy with exercise to keep the levels low, and the carbs you do give them for energy are things like wholemeal pasta, bread and brown rice etc. Even my non diabetic children understand why a diabetic diet is better for them and no longer actually like the taste of white, high sugar, high carby stuff.
Hope this helps.
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