Adolescent Obesity and Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes

Study (n=1,462,362 in Israel during 1996–2016) showed increased incidence of type 2 diabetes in early adulthood among individuals with severe obesity in late adolescence. Hazard ratios were 26 and 45 among men and women, respectively, vs. peers with normal BMI at adolescence.

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Diabetes Care