This center is enhanced with an CHS dictionary . Type 2 Diabetes, a Growing Epidemic in Children. An expert panel recently issued a Consensus Statement on Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes among children and adolescents. According to the panel, Type 2 diabetes commonly occurs in children who are overweight, usually older than 10 years of age, members of certain ethnic groups, and who may have a family history of diabetes. Because the U.S. population is becoming increasingly overweight, researchers expect type 2 diabetes to appear more frequently in younger, pre-pubescent children.
Minorities are at higher risk than whites.
Weight loss and exercise are keys to helping avoid the disease. Type 2 diabetes in children was virtually unheard of a decade ago. All rights reserved.