Epidemiology of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Contributors: Dana Dabelea (Editor); Georgeanna J. Klingensmith (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: February 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781420047974
Subjects: Paediatric medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Pediatrics; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diabetes in adolescence; Diabetes in children; Epidemiology
Description: The epidemiology of diabetes in children and adolescents is changing, which carries profound implications for how clinicians screen, assess, and manage the world-wide epidemic of this chronic disease. Over the past few years, as the incidence of childhood obesity has dramatically increased, so has the emergence of Type 2 diabetes in young people, as well as the incidence of diabetic diagnoses anomalies that do not conform to the standard type1 or type 2 classification models. This book address this critical paradigm shift, and offer insights and recommendations as to how clinicians can better care for this growing patient population.