Study seeks lower student diabetes risk
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_he_me/diet_schools_diabetes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061011/capt.2b2857c762e2478397d34832bca1f429.diet_schools_diabetes_wxs102.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=LECOddbam.tDh1ePviqM3g--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Cindy Parker draws blood from sixth-grader Dylan Hendley's arm Thursday Oct. 6, 2006, during a health screening at Overhills Middle School in Spring Lake, N.C. Hendley is one of thousands of students in five states participating in a study that looks at whether offering healthier cafeteria foods and making gym class more strenuous can help reduce the risk of Type II diabetes. The students will go through a similar health screening at the end of their eighth grade year. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dunbar)" border="0" /></a>AP - They winced while their blood was drawn and fidgeted as the blood pressure cuff tightened. But the sixth-graders were excited about becoming test subjects in a nationwide diabetes study, if only to score the $50 gift card being offered.</p><br clear="all"/>