Type 2 diabetes appearing
in youths
Type 2 diabetes, once called adult-onset
diabetes, is showing up in overweight children.
References:
Dean, H.J. 1999. Incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in youth
in Manitoba, Canada. Meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
June. San Diego.
Jones, K.L., R. Clemons, and M. Gottschalk. 1999. Clinical features
and therapeutic responses in a diverse population of children and
adolescents with type 2 diabetes. Meeting of the American Diabetes
Association. June. San Diego.
Vargas, I., et al. 1999. Clinical characteristics in an ethnically
diverse group of children with type 2 diabetes. Meeting of the American
Diabetes Association. June. San Diego.
Sources:
Heather J. Dean
University of Manitoba
Pediatrics Department
FE325 Community Service Building
66 Chancellor Circle
Winnipeg, Manitoba 43T 2N2
Canada
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 2, July 10, 1999, p. 31.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
