Title: Type 2 Diabetes in Children: Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatment, & More
Headings: Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Type 2 Diabetes in Children
An increasing trend
Causes of type 2 diabetes in children
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes in children
1. Excessive fatigue
2. Frequent urination
3. Excessive thirst
4. Increased hunger
5. Slow-healing sores
6. Darkened skin
Diagnosis
Risk factors
Treatment
Blood glucose monitoring
Diet and exercise
Potential complications
Outlook
How to prevent type 2 diabetes in children

Content: In fact, type 2 diabetes was once called adult-onset diabetes. But what was once a disease mainly faced by adults is becoming more common in children. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects how the body metabolizes sugar, also known as glucose. Between 2011 and 2012, about 23 percent of new diabetes diagnoses in children
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were type 2 diabetes. Until 2001, type 2 diabetes accounted for fewer than 3 percent of all newly diagnosed diabetes cases in adolescents. Studies from 2005 and 2007 show that type 2 now comprises 45 percent of those diabetes cases. Causes of type 2 diabetes in children
Being overweight is closely tied to the development of type 2 diabetes. Overweight children have an increased likelihood of insulin resistance. As the body struggles to regulate insulin, high blood sugar leads to a number of potentially serious health problems. Obesity in American children and adolescents has more than tripled since the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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