About 1 in every 400 children and adolescents has diabetes and 215,000 people under the age of 20 have diabetes. When children and teens suffer from diabetes, it is often difficult because they have to learn how to manage and control the disease at such a young age. Please refer to the resources below to learn more about how to deal with diabetes as a child or teen.
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Teens and Diabetes
This website provides many downloadable resources dealing with teens and kids who have diabetes. Spanish resources also available.
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Tips for Kids: Lower Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
This resource provides information to teens on how to lower their risk for diabetes.
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Tips for Teens with Diabetes
This website provides many resources for kids and teens that have diabetes.
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