Today the number of children with Type 1 and 2 diabetes is growing and for this 10-year-old Type 1-er he’s determined to live a healthy life. Ryan Wilkins was diagnosed when he was 9 years old but has never let his diabetes get in the way.

Watch how diabetes wasn’t what he expected but how he rolled with the punches and learned that a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition was critical to managing his diabetes. You are in control of you diabetes!