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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Children

Type 2 diabetes represents 45 percent of all newly diagnosed cases of diabetes in children and adolescents. Rising childhood obesity rates in recent years have caused a corresponding increase in previously "adult only" conditions, including type 2 diabetes. What can parents do to help prevent their children from getting type 2 diabetes.

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