More than 400 people have participated this Saturday in a day on children's diabetes and sports, organized by the FC Barcelona Foundation in the Auditorium of Camp Nou, with the aim of making known the scientific news that can help improve the quality oflife of affected children.

The I Children 1 Diabetes Day and the sport has a informative session aimed at families with children affected by this disease, the entity has reported in a statement.

During the day, fathers and mothers have been able to attend five conferences, in charge of international prestige doctors, to deal with the issues of the benefits that it contributes to those affected to practice physical exercise, the treatment of pathology through gene therapies, andNew formulas to administer insulin.

Diabetes is a disease that is characterized by the increase in blood glucose levels, and that of type 1 is what affects children and adolescents, despite the fact that the appearance can be extended until around 30 years of age.

This pathology is caused by the immune alteration that leads the body to destroy the beta cells of the pancreas, which are specialized in insulin manufacturing, so the treatment consists of the administration of subcutaneous insulin.