alarming increase in type 2 diabetes in children and teens

April 2000

There's now an alarming increase in type 2 diabetes in children and teens.

There's been over a ten-fold increase in the last 10 years...probably due to increased obesity and less physical activity.

Type 2 diabetes is also more common in certain ethnic groups...Native American, African American, Asian, and Hispanic...probably because of a genetic predisposition for insulin resistance.

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