Children Getting Diabetes Complications Earlier
A study published last year in the medical journal called The Lancet confirmed that children with type 2 diabetes are developing further health problems at early ages. According to the study, many kids already have some of the hallmark side effects of diabetes such as high blood pressure, kidney problems, or early eye damage when they are first diagnosed with the diabetes.
Dr,Julie K. Silver, M.D., Harvard Medical School has some great advice on what a parent can do.