
Cases of type 2 diabetes among children more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, research finds
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Cases of type 2 diabetes among children more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic at one Louisiana hospital, according to research presented Friday. The researchers say the cases increased in severity, too.
Dr. Daniel Hsia, an associate professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and colleagues looked at the hospitalization rate for new onset type 2 diabetes among children at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital. From March to December 2019, the rate was .27% -- 8 cases out of 2,964 hospitalizations. During the same period in 2020, the rate jumped to .62% --17 cases out of 2,729 hospitalizations.More Related News