title: Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents: 'the family disease of the 21st century'.
abstract: In this article, Stephen W. Ponder, MD, emphasizes the initial workup and medical management of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, including comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Children's Diabetes and Endocrine Center of South Texas at Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ponder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents