Even when they receive the best available treatment and close monitoring, American youth with type 2 diabetes experience a more rapid progression of symptoms that are far more aggressive than what is typically seen in adults, according to a series of study results being published in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
The studies show that youth with type 2 diabetes can face faster consequences than their adult counterparts, according to Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, which funded the study. "Given the disease's more rapid progression in youth, the need for better treatment and prevention cannot be overlooked," he says.
"We need to prevent diabetes," the researchers conclude in their journal report. "Before that, we need to prevent childhood obesity. The need is imperative to promote research to understand how to establish healthy habits at a young age rather than trying to correct 'bad' habits later on."
Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Health Connection, September 2013
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