NY Times discusses increases in diabetes and pre-diabetic diagnoses in teenagers.
NOTE: The study did not differentiate betweeen diabetics and prediabetics. Also this caution…
Researchers said the data should be interpreted with caution because the prediabetes and diabetes status of the adolescents was based on a single test of each participant’s fasting blood glucose level, which could be unreliable in children if they had not fasted for at least 8 hours before taking the test. In addition, children this age are going through puberty, a process that induces insulin resistance.
Nevertheless, this is a real and concerning problem.