title: Type 2 diabetes in children.
abstract: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in children and is reaching epidemic proportions in some western countries. Sue Howdle and Terry Wilkin examine the extent of the problem, the disease process, screening, prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Early Bird Diabetes Research Centre, Child Health, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Howdle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wilkin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D008019:Life Style; D008403:Mass Screening; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors