diabetorati: Alarming rise - children with Type 2 diabetes, how do parents cope?

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diabetorati: Alarming rise - children with Type 2 diabetes, how do parents cope?

The trends world-wide are for children with Type 2 diabetes to outnumber those with Type 1 within a decade. That's an amazing trend, based upon growth rates in Type 2 among 18-year olds and younger, of around 50% in many places. It's one thing to be told as an adult that you have diabetes, that's frightening. It's altogether another as a parent to to be told your child has it, and that's what's happening in ever increasing numbers with respect to Type 2. It's all overwhelming, and its also easy

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Tags: Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Parenting, Children's Health