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Rise in prediabetes prevalence in primary school children

Diabetes prevention efforts need to be started at a young age, according to the authors of a study that found an unexpected 4.6% prevalence of prediabetes in primary school children.

Diabetes prevention efforts need to be started at a young age, according to the authors of a study that found an unexpected 4.6% prevalence of prediabetes in primary school children. The observational study presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, also identified differences in the conditions experienced by men and women with prediabetes and diabetes. Over 11,000 people, aged between six and 80 years old, underwent a thorough clinical examination and it was determined whether each subject had prediabetes or diabetes, or not, and any additional conditions were identified and recorded.  Childhood obesity:

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