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Diabetes study has warning for obese youngsters (Reuters)

Nine-year-old Wong Min-hin, who weighs 49 kilograms (108 pounds) at 1.38 metres in height, is checked by a dietitian at a hospital in Hong Kong. People who develop type 2 diabetes before 20 years of age have higher rates of end-stage renal disease, and higher mortality rates, when they reach middle age than those who develop diabetes later in life, new research shows. Type 2 diabetes has been increasing among children and adolescents in large part because of rising rates of obesity, according to the report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. Picture taken June 23, 2001.Reuters - Type 2 diabetes before age 20 leads to a high risk of kidney disease and death by middle age, a significant finding because worldwide obesity is exposing more children to the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.


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