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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's gained weight during the pandemic.  So have lots of kids and adults.

This isn't a problem until after the pandemic is 100% over and she is back to daily PE and regular life.  Then worry about it.  [/quote]

Disagree.  My nephew who is 7 was a big kid also in the 90% with maybe pinch 2 inches on his belly now.  Well since March, he has gained a lot of weight with a beer belly, is now in the obese range, and his pediatrician says he needs to lose weight at 7.  Childhood type 2 diabetes is a huge problem in this country in obese kids.

So OP, you are doing the right thing to be concerned, take action, and ask for advice.[/quote]

My son is a type I diabetic. I've literally never met a child that was type 2.[/quote]

I’m in the medical field.  Yes, we are seeing many more cases of type 2 diabetes in kids.  It’s a big problem.  Developing this also increases their risk of complications from this in early adulthood such as atherosclerosis, renal insufficiency, neuropathy, retinopathy, etc...

Type 2 used to be a disease of middle age overweight/obese people who then, if left uncontrolled would develop complications 10 years or so later.

Now we are seeing it in children who then can develop these complications in their late 20’s and 30’s.

See 2 links below.  The 2nd like might be a little technical but the 1st 2 paragraphs under commentary is a good short summary.  It was also published in 2005.  Rats of obesity and Type 2 diabetes had been increasing ever since so prevalence is much higher today in children.

https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/2017/childhood-obesity-quadruples-risk-of-developing-type-2-diabetes#:~:text=Children%20with%20obesity%20face%20four%20times%20the%20risk,Both%20obesity%20and%20diabetes%20are%20epidemic%20health%20problems.

https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/23/4/181
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