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New cases of diabetes type 2 surged 77% during the first year of the pandemic, 2020, compared with the 2 previous years 2018 and 2019.  Johns Hopkins pediatric endocrinologists studied 3113 children from 24 medical centers.

 

This increase in non-insulin dependent diabetes was more common in the South and West, in males, in younger children 5-11 years, and in Black youth vs White youths,.  Typically, more girls than boys and more adolescents than younger children develop diabetes type 2.  

 

The researchers propose that these increases are associated with more weight gain due to less exercise and more, possibly nervous, overeating.  Then too pandemic-induced anxiety and frank psychosis may unleash more cortisol and inflammatory agents that reduce insulin-sensitivity.

 

The bottom line: get your kids involved in physical activities and clear your kitchen junk cabinets of high-caloric snacks.

 

https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00719-3/fulltext

 

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