Robert Lustig: Why Are Kids Getting Type 2 Diabetes? Understanding the Causes of a Growing Epidemic
19 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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Robert Lustig explains why type 2 diabetes in children has exploded since the 1990s, when he saw his first pediatric case. Type 1 diabetes incidence has also jumped, from 1 in 600 children to 1 in 400. Both shifts point to environmental causes, not genetics.
Questions this video answers
1980.
About 1992.
It used to be 1 in 600 children; now it's 1 in 400.










