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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2020

ey0017.12 | Orit Pinhas-Hamiel | ESPEYB17

12. Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Lipid Metabolism

Pinhas-Hamiel MD Orit

Preface: This is the year of COVID-19. Although fortunately children and adolescents with diabetes are not reported as a high risk group, the course of disease in adults serves as an important lesson of the importance of good glycaemic control in acute illness (12.1).Studies on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in children and adolescents continue to be published, thus verifying that T2DM is a global problem. A study on the prevalence of T2DM from...