TODAY Show's Hoda Kotb Talks About Daughter's T1D Diagnosis

Former TODAY Show Co-Host, Hoda Kotb, appeared on the TODAY Show recently and revealed that she left the show in January to dedicate more time to her daughters. Hope, age 6, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes a couple of years ago.

"Hope is fine for most of the day," Hoda said. "There are just moments where you have to watch her. I was totaling it up -- five minutes at breakfast, five minutes at lunch, five minutes at dinner, sometimes overnight. Add that up, that's a half-hour. So for 23 and a half hours, she's every other kid. So I try to remember that," she said.

"As anyone with a child who has Type 1 (knows), especially a little kid, you're constantly watching, you're constantly monitoring, you're constantly checking, which is what I did all the time when I was (at TODAY). You’re distracted," said Kotb.

"You just get a priority check in your life," Hoda added while speaking with TODAY co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin. "I can be here and sweating what’s happening to Hope in the morning and in the night, or I can be there and feel relief that I can see."

Hoda co-hosted TODAY for seven years and spent three decades with NBC. Hoda went onto say, "Don't put your worry on your kid. Watch them, but don't put your worry on them. Let them be kids and give them what they need when they need it."

Hoda recently launched a general wellness app called, "Joy 101," which provides a personalized daily wellness plan featuring meditation, exercise and more. The app includes 500 courses and guidance from more than 20 wellness specialists.