Children's Health and Fitness - Len Saunders

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As childhood obesity becomes more common, so does diabetes in youth. With all the risks linked to diabetes, it is important that these children get their blood sugar under control ? a task that is not always easy.

Metformin, one of the most common diabetes drugs, stopped working in about half of children after just a few years of treatment.

Type 2 diabetes used to be an adult disease. It was hardly ever seen in children. Today, this form of diabetes is still uncommon in children, but the rates are rising.

With this growing problem in mind, Phil Zeitler, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Colorado Denver, and colleagues carried out the first large study on children with type 2 diabetes.

The researchers wanted to see which of three treatments would work best to help diabetic children bring their blood sugar down to healthy levels. Each child in the study was randomly assigned to take metformin alone, metformin with rosiglitazone (sold as Avandia), or metformin with a lifestyle intervention program that focused on weight loss through diet and exercise.

Metformin is one of the oldest and most commonly prescribed diabetes drugs. It is sold under the brand names Fortamet, Glucophage, Glumetza, and Riomet.

These findings suggest that type 2 diabetes may be harder to treat in children and teens.

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