Rise in Diabetes Seen in Obese Youths
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The type of diabetes that usually strikes out-of-shape adults appears to be on the rise among children. Researchers reported that they found a dramatic increase in non-insulin-dependent diabetes among young patients at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes typically results from bad health. Researchers found that among the children studied with the disease, almost all of them were obese, and more than 30% of them had high blood pressure.
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