Researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center believe that adult onset diabetes, Type 2, can be predicted in childhood based on a study they conducted on 814 children since 1973.
The study found that a parental history of diabetes and the presence of a metabolic syndrome in childhood are significant predictors in determining who will develop type 2 diabetes as an adult.
Metabolic syndrome consists of at least three of the following health problems: high blood pressure, high triglycerides, high body mass, high glucose and/or low levels of high density lipoprotein.
"Pediatricians and family physicians should evaluate children and adolescents for metabolic syndrome and whether there is a family history of diabetes," study lead author John Morrison said in a prepared statement. "We need to identify in childhood those who are at risk of adult metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes to prevent these outcomes."
[Source: Yahoo News]
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