title: [Type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents].
abstract: Obesity is one of the main risk factors for developing impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes in the youth. The patients are at high risk for cardiovascular complications. Yet, meeting therapeutical goals is hard to achieve in many children and adolescents.
authors: Iris
authors: I
authors: Hinneburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D018149:Glucose Intolerance; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors