The recent epidemic of Childhood Obesity has also been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes among children and adolescents. Thus are the findings of a Yale University School of Medicine study in a multi-ethnic group of 167 obese children and adolescents.
Impaired glucose tolerance was found in 25 percent of the 55 obese children ages 4-10 years of age and 21 percent of the 112 obese adolescents ages 11-18 years of age. While, Type 2 Diabetes, "the silent killer", was found in 4 percent of the obese adolescents. To read more about the study click here.
The study concluded that impaired glucose tolerance is highly prevalent among children and adolescents with severe obesity regardless of their respective ethnic group.
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