Type 2 diabetes is hitting more and more young people – Health

Diabetes is one of the fastest spreading civilization diseases. Last year, 537 million people worldwide suffered from diabetes, 90 percent of whom are affected by type 2 diabetes, which used to be called adult-onset diabetes. But this term has long since been incorrect, because the number of type 2 diabetes patients is increasing dramatically among young people, Chinese epidemiologists are now warning in the “British Medical Journal” (BMJ).