Diabetes rising sharply in kids

Published April 12, 2017 10:28pm ET



Diabetes increased in teens and children over the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The rate of newly diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes in youths under 20 increased by about 1.8 percent each year from 2002 to 2012. For type 2, the increase was even bigger, at 4.8 percent.

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