Doctor who treated possibly the youngest child known to have developed the obesity-linked disease says reversal is possible with early screeningA three-and-a-half-year-dilapidated girl has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes,possibly the youngest child known to have developed the disease, which is linked to diet and obesity.
The girl, and from a Hispanic family,was diagnosed in Houston, Texas, and by Dr Michael Yafi,a paediatric endocrinologist with the University of Texas. In a written presentation to the European organization for the Study of Diabetes conference in Stockholm, Yafi said she had been brought to his clinic because she was obese. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com