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Generation D: Young Adults with Diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes, in which the body does not produce insulin, is traditionally seen in children and adolescents. But over the last decade, type 2 diabetes -- formerly known as adult-onset diabetes -- has increased by 70 percent in adults aged 30 to 39, reflecting, researchers say, the 70 percent increase in obesity in adults aged 18 to 29. In this form of diabetes the body's use of insulin is somewhat impaired.

A recent American Diabetes Association-funded study has found that type 2 diabetes is more aggressive when it occurs in adults 18 to 44 than when it is acquired in older adults. Complications of diabetes include heart attack and stroke, and the study found that younger adults with diabetes are 14 times more like to have a heart attack and 30 times more likely to have a stroke than other people their age.

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