The number of U.S. girls taking diabetes drugs more than doubled between 2002 and 2005, almost certainly because of rising obesity, researchers reported on Wednesday.Children of all ages are increasingly taking drugs originally formulated to treat adults with illnesses often caused by years of eating too much and exercising too little, the researchers told a meeting of the American Public Health Association.They saw a 166 percent increase in type-2 diabetes prescriptions among girls aged 10 to 14 and a 135 percent increase among teenage girls 15 and above.More U.S. children and teens also used blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma and depression medications, the teams at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri and pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc said.
This is just sad, sad, sad.
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