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New Research Uncovers Concerning Increases in Youth Living with Diabetes in the U.S.

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Source:     Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Publication Date:     Tuesday, August 24, 2021
 Link: New Research Uncovers Concerning Increases in Youth Living with Diabetes in the U.S.
Stephan:   Diabetes, particularly Diabetes II is on the rise in the U.S., largely as a result of the poor diet of American youth who eat chemical-infused fast food and prepared food. Food prepared by corporations not for wellbeing, but for maximum profit. It so clearly illustrates what is wrong with our culture.
Diabetic American child being taught how to test her blood. Credit: Chris Fertnig

Diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are surging among youth in the United States. From 2001 to 2017, the number of people under age 20 living with type 1 diabetes increased by 45%, and the number living with type 2 diabetes grew by 95%.

Type 1 diabetes remains the most common type of diabetes in U.S. youth according to a report published today in JAMA, “Trends in Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2001-2017.”

“Increases in diabetes are always troubling – especially in youth. Rising rates of diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, which is preventable, has the potential to create a cascade of poor health outcomes,” said, Giuseppina Imperatore, MD, PhD, chief of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, Economics, and Statistics Branch in CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation. “Compared to people who develop diabetes in adulthood, youth are more likely to develop diabetes complications at an earlier age and are at higher risk […]

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