Continuing rise of Type 2 diabetes incidence in children and young people in the <scp>UK</scp>

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes remains far less common than Type 1 diabetes in childhood in the UK, but the number of cases continues to rise, with significantly increased incidence among girls and South-Asian children over a decade. Female gender, family history, non-white ethnicity and obesity were found to be strongly associated with the condition.