Tweens Double Use Of Diabetes Drugs

by Jo | November 9th, 2007

America’s tweens more than doubled their use of type-2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age showing a 166 percent increase. The likely cause: Obesity, which is closely associated with Type 2 diabetes. via: Medical News Today: Diabetes

Is this the results of no more PE in school and parents not encouraging their kids to play in sports or just out in the backyard after school?  Is the playstation generation going to die off faster than their parents?

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