title: Type 2 diabetes mellitus in European children and adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to review the published and unpublished data on type 2 diabetes in European children in order to determine how common this problem is in the dominantly Caucasian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MEDLINE database was searched and a questionnaire was distributed among European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) representatives from 16 countries.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and eighty-four children with type 2 diabetes were diagnosed in Europe, 144 of them of Caucasian origin. The majority of them were overweight females and, had positive family history for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of the significant rates of type 2 diabetes in Europe, screening for it in obese children and adolescents is highly recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. etendera@slam.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malecka-Tendera
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erhardt
authors.forename: Dénes
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Molnár
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires