Guidelines for identifying, preventing and managing Type 2 diabetes among young people in Australian and New Zealand have been published for the first time.
Type 2 diabetes in children has been rare but numbers are rising. Consequently, this is the first-time guidance for children and teenagers that PDGN has heard about. Up until now healthcare professionals had to refer to adult guidelines.
Study author Dr Lexia Peña, Senior Lecturer at the Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, said: “The obesity epidemic, particularly in Indigenous young people, has caused the increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, especially in children older than 10 years of age.
Advocacy Action: Is Type 2 increasing among young people in your country. Is there information available specifically produced for young people?