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We celebrated my son Guy\u2019s 10th<\/sup> birthday today with his entire class.\u00a0 Because we can\u2019t hold a party for 25 kids in our apartment, we held the event at a local museum.\u00a0 A guide gave the kids a tour of the archeology wing, then they saw a short movie in the planetarium.\u00a0 After the movie, they made aliens out of clay.\u00a0 As far as I could tell, it was a huge success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While the kids created aliens, I ordered pizza.\u00a0 I calculated 2-3 slices per kid and expected to have more than enough.\u00a0 Unlike other birthday parties we\u2019ve thrown, I decided to keep the food, especially the junk food, to a minimum.\u00a0 We\u2019d have pizza and cake, but not any other sweets \u2013 no cookies and candy on the side.\u00a0 I had a small amount of salty snacks \u2013 potato chips and pretzels, just in case there were kids who didn\u2019t like pizza.<\/p>\n

Turns out, there was not enough food.\u00a0 I felt both sorry and angry.\u00a0 On one hand, I truly felt bad telling the kids that there was no more pizza, and that there was only enough cake for each kid to have one piece.\u00a0 On the other hand, it upset me to see little kids eating three or four slices of pizza and coming back for more.\u00a0 I explained that there would be cake afterwards and that they should save room. That didn\u2019t stop them from wanting to eat more pizza.\u00a0 And after they’d each received a generous slice of cake, many wanted seconds.\u00a0 I recognize that it\u2019s not my place to judge whether or not a kid is eating too much carb, but I judged anyway.\u00a0 Although none of the kids was diabetic, all I could think about as they grabbed a third slice of pizza was that they were easily at 75 grams of carb before the cake!\u00a0<\/p>\n

100+ grams of carbohydrate for lunch.<\/p>\n

I know the stress that much carb puts on a pancreas, and I feel guilty for serving food that causes that kind of stress.\u00a0 But I\u2019m also stuck in an impossible position: pizza and cake are expected, much more of it than I provided.\u00a0 No doubt there will be kids who tell their parents that Guy\u2019s mother didn\u2019t give them seconds.\u00a0 And those parents will probably think I\u2019m stingy and mean.\u00a0 Mostly, I\u2019m concerned.\u00a0 In my professional life I spend a great deal of time thinking about the prevention type 2 diabetes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit disconcerting to feel like I\u2019m promoting it.<\/p>\n

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