Diabetes & Youth

• 1-in-8 school-aged children are obese and 1-in-4 are overweight.
  
• Overweight in childhood and adolescence is associated with obesity as
  adults.
  
• The number of children with diabetes ages 6 to 17 has doubled in the last
  three decades.
  
• Obese children are 53 times more likely to be insulin resistant as those who
  are not obese.