title: Understanding the development and prevention of type 2 diabetes in youth (part 1).
abstract: The prevalence of being at risk of overweight, overweight, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes is increasing in the United States in youth. Primary care providers must understand how the emerging epidemic of type 2 diabetes developed during the past several decades to accurately diagnose it in young patients. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions are needed to address the emerging epidemic of type 2 diabetes in youth. Primary prevention involves delaying the development of type 2 diabetes by reducing the prevalence of overweight. Secondary prevention is aimed at preventing those with pre-diabetes from developing diabetes, and tertiary prevention is aimed at preventing the complications of type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, 27599-7460, USA. dberry@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology