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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, a time to think about the fact that one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems, including type 2 diabetes.
Pediatric endocrinologist Sonia Caprio, MD, recalls a time when obesity was so rare in children that they didn’t get type 2 diabetes, which was referred to as “adult onset diabetes.” Today, because childhood obesity has escalated, type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise. “Diabetes is coming on board at least two decades earlier than what we saw in the past,” said Dr. Caprio.