Type 2 diabetes on rise in children and teens: Here's what you must know

The alarming rise of children being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in India has triggered critical warnings among families and health organisations

If you are under the impression that type 2 diabetes is an old man's disease, you are wrong. Over the past decades, more and more children have been falling prey to this disease and there seems to be no way to end it. According to the Canada Journal of Diabetes, type 2 diabetes in children has increased in frequency around the world over the past two decades. The journal also says that children from ethnic groups —  African, Arab, Asian, Hispanic, Indigenous or South Asian descent — are at a high risk for type 2 diabetes among their adult populations;