Contemporary Issues in Diabetes: Prediabetes, metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents

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Along with the epidemic of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States, additional risk factors for type 2 diabetes among these age groups are becoming increasingly apparent. This webcasts reviews issues relevant to the diagnosis and classification of diabetes in many young patients, along with the importance of initiating therapy that to gain gycemic control.