Type 1 Diabetes May Be Rising in Kids
Latest Diabetes Statistics Suggest an Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Teens
Dabelea says she and her colleagues estimate that 3,700 U.S. youths per year are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Among teens aged 15-19, "the number of youth developing type 2 diabetes annually is one in 2,000 American Indian youth, one in 4,300 Asian/Pacific Islanders, and one in 5,000 African-American and Hispanic youth, and ... one in 17,000 white youth," Dabelea says.
"Overall, the rates of type 2 diabetes were not particularly high, though they were high among minority adolescents," Dabelea says.
However, she adds that "nowadays, type 2 diabetes accounts for 15% of all diabetes cases" in white adolescents, who have the lowest type 2 diabetes rate.
"So this rate is low, but it was zero 20 years ago," Dabelea says. She calls the rise in type 2 diabetes in youths "a not-nice" consequence of childhood obesity in the U.S.
Type 1 Diabetes May Be Rising in Kids
Latest Diabetes Statistics Suggest an Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Teens
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Dabelea says she and her colleagues estimate that 3,700 U.S. youths per year are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Among teens aged 15-19, "the number of youth developing type 2 diabetes annually is one in 2,000 American Indian youth, one in 4,300 Asian/Pacific Islanders, and one in 5,000 African-American and Hispanic youth, and ... one in 17,000 white youth," Dabelea says.
"Overall, the rates of type 2 diabetes were not particularly high, though they were high among minority adolescents," Dabelea says.
However, she adds that "nowadays, type 2 diabetes accounts for 15% of all diabetes cases" in white adolescents, who have the lowest type 2 diabetes rate.
"So this rate is low, but it was zero 20 years ago," Dabelea says. She calls the rise in type 2 diabetes in youths "a not-nice" consequence of childhood obesity in the U.S.