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Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Diabetes Or Prediabetes!

By Dietdoctor @DietDoctor1
This is absolutely insane. In less than a decade the number of U.S. kids ages 12-19 with diabetes or prediabetes has skyrocketed from 9 to 23 percent!TIME: Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Diabetes or PrediabetesIf anyone wants a reason why real action is needed, here it is. Talk about a public health emergency! The old advice about more exercise (or “Let’s Move”), balanced junk food diets and tiny changes is obviously not working.

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