Children with Diabetes

No parent wants his or her child to suffer. In fact, parents go to extreme measures to protect their children from harm. But when it comes to diabetes, there's no gate to lock or bully to stop. Fact is, there are 186,300 people under the age of 20 who have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes. Two million adolescents (or 1 in 6 overweight adolescents) aged 12-19 have pre-diabetes.

Jim Williams

November 9, 2009