Study: Heavy teenagers have difficulty handling diabetes

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — New investigate sends a sheer warning to overweight teens: If we rise diabetes, youll have a really tough time gripping it underneath control.
A vital study, expelled Sunday, tested several ways to conduct blood sugar in teenagers newly diagnosed with diabetes and found that scarcely half of them unsuccessful within a few years and 1 in 5 suffered critical complications. The formula spell difficulty for a republic confronting rising rates of diabesity — Type 2 diabetes brought on by obesity.
The federally saved investigate is a largest demeanour nonetheless during how to provide diabetes in teens. Earlier studies mostly have been in adults, and many diabetes drugs arent even authorized for youths. The summary is clear: Prevention is everything.
Dont get diabetes in a initial place, pronounced Dr. Phil Zeitler of a University of Colorado Denver, one of a investigate leaders.
A third of American children and teenagers are overweight or obese. They are during a...