Covid and Kids

Covid and Kids

#Kids #Diabetes
Harry Spoelstra on Twitter
Harry Spoelstra on Twitter

Thread Type 2 diabetes increased among youth during and after COVID-19 pandemic(Endocrine Society):

➡️The number of children(0-18y) diagnosed with type 1 and 2 diabetes continued to rise in the year following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic(2021-2022):

T2D: +37% T1D: +106%

➡️They first tried to blame “school shutdowns causing kids to be less active, snacking more often, or eating more unhealthy foods led to increased weight gain and more cases of type 2 diabetes”…..but that didn’t work out well😉

➡️The increase in the proportion of new onset diabetes patients who developed T2D from years one(pre-pandemic) to four(second pandemic year) was statistically significant higher.

➡️Even though we may have returned to pre-pandemic times in several aspects, the increased risk of our youth developing type 2 diabetes that started during the pandemic has persisted"

➡️Striking……..No words on T1D anymore!

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J. Offir, Ph.D. on Twitter
J. Offir, Ph.D. on Twitter

As reported by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.

This is serious business. According to Harvard in 2015: "A Scottish study published this week in JAMA shows that at the age of 20, individuals with type 1 diabetes on average lived 12 fewer years than 20-year-olds without it."

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Thread A @cwru study shows: Children are substantially more at risk of developing #T1D after infected w/ #COVID19. Research should lead to action. @CDCDirector

@POTUS What are your next steps? Share the truth about #LongCovid, so ppl will take precautions. https://bit.ly/3UINR3a 🧵

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