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You referencing type 2 diabetes in children. The 10% is children with non alcoholic fatty liver disease, 1% of 2-4 year olds, 17% of 15-19 year olds, about 10%
by will_brown 9y ago
You referencing type 2 diabetes in children. The 10% is children with non alcoholic fatty liver disease, 1% of 2-4 year olds, 17% of 15-19 year olds, about 10% overall. But this is why it's so difficult to discuss, people get so defensive suggesting they are poisoning themselves with sugar, but once you suggest they are poisoning their own children civil discourse goes out the window.
But whether or not it's nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or type 2 diabetes in children, they simple truth is they could have been avoided in 100% of cases through diet. And as we know many type 2 diabetes patients would be able to get off insulin and diabetes medication through diet/lifestyle changes.
http://www.liverfoundation.org/chapters/rockymountain/doctorsnotes/pediatricnafld/ http://www.liverfoundation.org/chapters/rockymountain/doctor...
- JoshMnem 9y agoThanks for the correction -- I misread the original comment. It was the end of a long day. :) I agree that kids should not be given refined sugar. I had almost no sugar until I was a teenager. I had my first soda at about age 16 or 17. I consumed sugar as an adult, but eliminated it again about two years ago with great results. Eating refined sugar is irrational behavior -- it has no health benefits and is more like a recreational drug than food.