Together with diabinfo.de, the Institute of Diabetes Research (IDF) and the Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) of Helmholtz Munich gave the four schoolchildren aged 8 to 14 the opportunity to spend a day exploring the world of science. Here, research is being conducted on prevention and early detection as well as on the therapy and treatment options for the various forms of diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. Type 2 diabetes currently affects around 7.5 million people in Germany – and the trend is rising. The fact that type 2 diabetes can also have a lot to do with your own lifestyle and that even babies can be at risk of type 1 diabetes were just two of the many insights the children took home with them.

Besides all their questions, such as "What happens in the body with diabetes? How can you actually tell if you have diabetes? And is diabetes contagious?", they were also allowed to try out their own skills in the lab, for example by pipetting.

The resulting videos (in German) are fascinating to watch at home or at school. More detailed information on the content is available at diabinfo.de or at A World Without 1.

Kid reporters ask questions: All about diabetes type 1, part 1 (Alessandra (8) and Henry (9) at the IDF)
Kid reporters ask questions: All about diabetes type 1, part 2 (Elisa (14) and Finley (11) at the IDF)
Kid reporters ask questions: All about diabetes type 2, part 1 (Alessandra (8) and Henry (9) at the IDO)
Kid reporters ask questions: All about diabetes type 2, part 2 (Elisa (14) and Finley (11) at the IDO)