 sports staying fit and active helps your child control his or her diabetes and properly formed healthy habits of regular physical activity will serve in the long run from taking stairs instead of elevators to engaging in active sports there are a variety of ways to incorporate physical activity into your child s routine the following resources will be helpful for you to navigate exercise sports and coaches for your child with type 1 diabetes  diabetes medical management plan physical activity for children with type 1 diabetes things i ve learned from playing sports with type 1 diabetes when kids with diabetes exercise sports and type 1 diabetes a coach s guide to type 1 diabetes start working out with t1d t1d workout basics diabetes and sport   please note this resource comes from the uk and they talk about blood glucose in terms of mmol l which is different than in the us do not rely on this resource for blood glucose calculations  