Normally, juvenile onset diabetic disease is type 1 diabetes. Children that are diagnosed with ‘juvenile’ diabetes are usually medically insulin dependent because the body is unable to produce the insulin that it needs. However, increasingly juveniles are developing type-2 diabetes as well.

It is still not completely understood why the type-2 juvenile onset diabetic disease has been occurring more rapidly. Type-2 diabetes does not usually happen until adults reach about 40. However, it is thought to have something to do with the hormonal changes that happen around puberty for those children that are already genetically pre-disposed.

Obesity is also a significant factor in type-2 juvenile onset diabetic disease. Obese children produce too much insulin. Therefore, when the need for more insulin arises, they are unable to produce more. Also, the presence of too much fatty tissue leads to insulin resistance. The condition, however, is still fairly rare in children. Only …