About a third of America’s youth are either overweight or obese. More and more obese children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, which is the most common form of the disease and the one that is linked with obesity. In the past, it was rarely seen in kids.
On the positive side, a small study [...]
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Diabetes reversed in teens with obesity surgery
Published by December 31st, 2008 in Health and Wellness.0 Comments
In the past 10 years, the rate of new diabetes cases has almost doubled in the U.S. The South had the highest levels. All this was stated in the government’s state-by-state review of new diagnoses.
West Virginia had the highest rate, where 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease. Minnesota, a northern state, had [...]
