Almost every week across Colorado, a child is diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease that used to occur only in adults. These young patients are developing type 2 diabetes – what used to be called “adult onset” diabetes. The disease is strongly linked to obesity, and it used to take decades to develop in adults. [...]
There’s no silver bullet when it comes to fighting childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. As the story of one effort shows, the fight has many fronts and the victories may be small. When she was named medical director for Community Health Services in southern Adams County about four years ago, Dr. Sarah Winbourn took [...]
Almost every week across Colorado, a child is diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease that used to occur only in adults. These young patients are developing type 2 diabetes – what used to be called “adult onset” diabetes. The disease is strongly linked to obesity, and it used to take decades to develop in adults. [...]
If Colorado’s future holds a double-digit portion of people with diabetes, the effects on both their lives and the state’s health system will be devastating. And that will impact Coloradans who never develop the disease. “We’re not going to be able to afford these medical costs or the human cost, if we don’t turn around [...]
