About one-third of children and adolescents in the USA weigh too much, putting them at increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and other health problems.
This put them at a 20 per cent higher risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes - the form that develops in middle-age and is often blamed on obesity.
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尽管患2型糖尿病是一个十分严重的状况,但是许多患2型糖尿病的人并不知道他们自己患有这种病。
Many people with type 2 diabetes do not know they have it, although it is a serious condition.