Throughout the world, incidences of diabetes are on the rise, and consequently so is diabetes amongst children. Most children are affected by type 1 diabetes in childhood.
However, the number of children and young adults affected by type 2 diabetes is beginning to rise, particularly in America.
Approximately 90% of young people with diabetes suffer from type 1 and the number of patients who are children varies from place to place.
A figure of 17 per 100,000 children developing diabetes each year has been reported. As metabolic syndrome, obesity and bad diets spread, so too have the first