The number of Americans under the age of 20 with type 2 diabetes could skyrocket by as much as 700 percent by 2060, according to an official study.
Modelling funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found rates of type 1 diabetes, the form that is most often seen in children, could also soar 65 percent within the next 40 years
The team did not offer an explanation for the dramatic surge, but one could be the expanding burden of childhood obesity in the US. The number of obese children has tripled over the past three decades.
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