How common is diabetes in the U.S.?
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Tonya Bolden answered:Diabetes toll amongst the children of America is:
-In 1990 less than 4 percent of American children and teens were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. A decade later, that number had more than quadrupled.
-The majority of young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese at the time of their diagnosis.
-Young people of color are more likely to contract type 2 diabetes than are Caucasian children.
-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has predicted that one out of every three Americans born in 2000 is at risk of being a type 2 diabetic by 2025.
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Diabetes toll amongst the children of America is: -In 1990 less than 4 percent of American children and teens were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. A decade later, that number had more than quadrupled. -The majority of young people diagnosed with... More
