Type 2 diabetes in adolescents. How to recognize and treat this growing problem.
At the same time they are reporting the current obesity epidemic, U.S. physicians are also seeing a dramatic increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adolescent patients. In this article, Drs Laurencin, Goldschmidt, and Fisher summarize the prevalence and risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of type 2 diabetes in adolescents. They also offer interventional strategies for both lifestyle change and pharmacologic management.
Laurencin
M Grace
MG
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, CA 94143, USA. mgralaur@cruzio.com
Goldschmidt
Ronald
R
Fisher
Lawrence
L
D000293:Adolescent; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008019:Life Style; D008403:Mass Screening; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents