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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A study of diabetes in overweight and obese youngsters bears an ominous warning about future health care trends in this country. It found that Type 2 diabetes, a new scourge among young people, progresses faster and is harder to treat in youngsters than in adults. The toll on their health as they grow older could be devastating.
Only two decades ago Type 2 diabetes was called ?adult-onset diabetes? because it was seldom found in young people, who suffered primarily from Type 1, in which the patient?s immune system destroys cells that make insulin, a hormone needed to control blood sugar levels. Type 2 ? thought to be brought on by obesity and inactivity in many people ? has increased alarmingly and accounts for almost a fifth of newly diagnosed cases in young people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/o...?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120507
Only two decades ago Type 2 diabetes was called ?adult-onset diabetes? because it was seldom found in young people, who suffered primarily from Type 1, in which the patient?s immune system destroys cells that make insulin, a hormone needed to control blood sugar levels. Type 2 ? thought to be brought on by obesity and inactivity in many people ? has increased alarmingly and accounts for almost a fifth of newly diagnosed cases in young people.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/o...?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120507
