Obesity and Diabetes
Data on obesity and diabetes in children discussed by researchers at Heinrich-Heine University, Diabetes Center
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 13th, 2008
Research findings, 'Impaired glucose regulation and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes, "Diabetes mellitus in paediatric patients used to be almost exclusively type 1, but in recent years, case series as well as hospital-based and population-based studies indicated that the number of children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) has been increasing. This development is alarming since T2DM in youth is usually not an isolated condition, but accompanied by other cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and low-grade inflammation."
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