HEALTH - Diabetic Children and Ineffective Treatment

"Diabetic Children: Study Says Traditional Treatment Not Effective as Cases Rise" PBS Newshour 6/6/2012

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SUMMARY: Nearly one out of every three children born in 2002 will develop diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those numbers are prompting a series of efforts to combat obesity. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports.

GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now, the alarming rise in diabetes among the young. Nearly one out of every four American teens either has the disease, or is at risk. Those numbers are prompting a series of efforts to combat obesity.

The Disney Company announced yesterday it will be the first major media company to ban junk food advertising to kids on TV, radio and the Web.

But doctors say that, when it comes to kids, the dangers of diabetes are even harder to treat than they expected.

NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser has the story.