Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Young People (IMAGE)

FAIR Health

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Young People

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Private health insurance claim lines with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis more than doubled in the pediatric population (ages 0 to 22 years) from 2011 to 2015, increasing 109 percent, according to data from FAIR Health, a national, independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information. This finding, reported in the new FAIR Health white paper runs counter to the common appellation of 'adult-onset diabetes' for type 2 diabetes.

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