Prevalence of overweight and obesity in youth with diabetes in USA: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

Abstract

As expected, most of the youth with T2DM were obese. Youth with T1DM had a higher prevalence of overweight, but not of obesity, than nondiabetic youth. Future studies of obesity among youth with diabetes of all types will further our understanding of the impact of obesity on diabetes both as a risk factor and a comorbidity.

Continuing rise of Type 2 diabetes incidence in children and young people in the UK

“…A previous UK study reported 95% of children were overweight or obese at diagnosis 6, with similar findings from other countries 9. In the UK, incidence was substantially higher in ethnic minority groups: 3.9 per 100 000 in BACBB children, and 1.25 per 100 000 in children of South‐Asian ethnicity, compared with 0.35 per 100 000 in white children 6, with similar findings among non‐white ethnicities in other studies 3.…”

Obesity in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes in Germany, Austria, and the United States

“…Increased BMI in youth with T1D has been reported in clinic based and national cohorts (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) and is associated with a more atherogenic cardiovascular disease risk profile (11,13,15).…”

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

“…For example, the increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus within the whole population means that many individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus are now more likely to have a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Likewise, type 1 diabetes mellitus also presents in overweight/obese individuals and indeed the prevalence of weight-related problems in type 1 diabetes mellitus appears to be significant [36] . Even if type 2 diabetes mellitus is defined by the absence of β-cell autoantibodies [7,18] , some studies reported of nearly 30% β-cell autoantibodies in European children and adolescents clinically appearing as type 2 diabetes mellitus [4,11,37] .…”