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Review
. 2015 Oct;93(5):425-9.
doi: 10.1139/bcb-2014-0152. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Children have type 2 diabetes too: an historical perspective

Heather J Dean  1   1 , Elizabeth A C Sellers  1   1
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Children have type 2 diabetes too: an historical perspective

Heather J Dean et al. Biochem Cell Biol. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Prior to 1985, type 2 diabetes was a disease of adults. Simultaneously with the global epidemic of childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes has increased in children. Initially, the presentation of small case series of type 2 diabetes in children was met with skepticism. As the number and size of the case series grew and the first long-term outcomes of end-stage complications in young adults appeared in the literature, the international community took notice with guarded interest. Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects the children of specific ethnic groups and from disadvantaged socioeconomic environments, especially Indigenous populations. The past decade has seen unprecedented intense global interest in the etiology, treatment, and prevention of type 2 diabetes in children.

Keywords: children; diabète de type 2; enfants; histoire; history; type 2 diabetes.

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