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Obesity-driven diabetes among teens soars 15-fold in past generation and becomes a global phenomenon By ANDRÉ PICARD
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Updated at 6:13 AM EDT
The number of children and adolescents diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes has soared 15-fold in the past generation, and become a global phenomenon, according to a new study.
There is also evidence that half the young people with Type 2 diabetes don't yet know it, and could suffer serious heart and kidney damage as a result, researchers report in today's edition of The Journal of Pediatrics.
Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle-related disease, usually associated with obesity and inactivity. The condition was long believed to be exclusive to adults. Children and adolescents tended to develop Type 1 diabetes, a condition whose causes are unknown.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Updated at 6:13 AM EDT
The number of children and adolescents diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes has soared 15-fold in the past generation, and become a global phenomenon, according to a new study.
There is also evidence that half the young people with Type 2 diabetes don't yet know it, and could suffer serious heart and kidney damage as a result, researchers report in today's edition of The Journal of Pediatrics.
Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle-related disease, usually associated with obesity and inactivity. The condition was long believed to be exclusive to adults. Children and adolescents tended to develop Type 1 diabetes, a condition whose causes are unknown.
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