Children have type 2 diabetes too: an historical perspective.
Biochem Cell Biol
; 93(5): 425-9, 2015 10.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-25916719
ABSTRACT
Prior to 1985, type 2 diabetes was a disease of adults. Simultaneously with the global epidemic of childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes has increased in children. Initially, the presentation of small case series of type 2 diabetes in children was met with skepticism. As the number and size of the case series grew and the first long-term outcomes of end-stage complications in young adults appeared in the literature, the international community took notice with guarded interest. Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects the children of specific ethnic groups and from disadvantaged socioeconomic environments, especially Indigenous populations. The past decade has seen unprecedented intense global interest in the etiology, treatment, and prevention of type 2 diabetes in children.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Biochem Cell Biol
Journal subject:
BIOQUIMICA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada