Research updates on type 2 diabetes children

NASN Sch Nurse. 2013 May;28(3):138-40. doi: 10.1177/1942602X13479402.

Abstract

Major research trials have provided insight into the scope of type 2 diabetes in youth. The National Diabetes Education Program offers resources to help school nurses support children with or at risk for type 2 diabetes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / ethnology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / prevention & control
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Minority Groups
  • Obesity / ethnology
  • Obesity / prevention & control
  • Risk Factors
  • School Nursing
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents