Shows an increase in a new federal estimate prediabetes Among the American teenagers, a discovery that is a matter of concern about the health of American children – and the way the Trump administration’s health officials are conducting research and information, the experts said.
In 2023, about 1 to 17 to 17 in the age of 12 to 17 years of age Data released recently America’s disease control and prevention centers. It is more than the previous estimate that the condition affects 1 in 5 children.
No question Ater in American youth There is a serious concern. The situation puts them at risk for the development of type 2 diabetes, plus heart disease, stroke and other metabolic problems.
But scientists studying and treating diabetes said that CDC authorities released only 600-word online summary of their new findings-that raw data nor a colleague-review published paper, describing the published paper, how they reached the new figure. The agency also changed the functioning used to calculate high estimates without a detailed description.
Experts said that after the deduction of widespread employees in recent months, the US top public health agency underlines questions about the accuracy being released.
Christopher Gardner, an expert at Diabetes and Nutrition at Stanford University, said, “I am going to doubt the data updates until any national health organizations are now being terminated by firing (and) for any national health organizations, now firing (and) trimmed, I am going to update until transparency and clarity at the source of data and analysis.”
“New analysis has used the latest science and technologies” and “the most updated functioning as the most updated functioning,” said Melissa Dibal, a spokesman of CDC.
Dibal said in a statement, “These new data highlight the magnitude of prebitiams among teenagers and serve as an important wake-up call for the nation.”
The new analysis depends on the long -standing National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which collects information on demographic and health indicators through interviews, examinations and laboratory testing.
Prediabetis is a precursor to diabetes, a disease in which sugar is produced in the blood. Prediabes are characterized by slightly elevated blood sugar levels, indicating that a person can progress to develop type 2 diabetes.
Researchers collected data about blood sugar levels in American youth – but also changed the functioning used to analyze information, dramatically enhanced the estimate of how the common prebitiations were.
The new analysis has concluded that about 8.4 million American teenagers – or about 33% – have predeabitates. This is estimated at 18% published in 2020 Peer reviewed paperWhich used the previous functioning. If the new functioning applied to that 2005-2016 figures, the estimate would have been around 28%.
An increase of about 33% from 28% is not statistically important, even though it reflects a clear increase in predeabities among children, Steven Kahan, Editor of Diabetes Diabetes Care-in-Chief. He said that it is related to the fact that CDC officials provided such limited information about the new analysis. Such findings are usually published in the agency’s sickness and mortality weekly reports or presented to a scientific magazine for peer review and publication.
“I believe this CDC does not reduce the quality of data,” said Kahan. “However, because there is no raw data to see, none of us can see it better to understand where these numbers have been taken and what they really mean.”
An endocrinologist and representative of the American Diabetes Association, Dr. Summer Hafida stated that the new analysis was “not very transparent,” but he said that CDC’s update estimates are usually what the doctors are seeing – with obesity to increase youth and increase blood sugar levels that put them at risk for serious future health problems.
“It may be that the number may have been slightly inflated, but I would hesitate to dismiss it,” he said.
It is not clear what the ratio of children with prebitisms to develop the disease, Dr. Dana Dabelia, a researcher who studies pediatric diabetes at the University of Colorado. He said that blood sugar levels may increase in response to developmental changes during puberty and then later solve, he said.
Nevertheless, obesity and diabetes confirmed rates are increasing between children.
The Diabetes Association recommends that children and adolescents should be examined for type 2 diabetes starting at the age of 10, if they are overweight or obesity or any other risk factor for illness. It is important to focus on healthy diet, exercise and other lifestyle factors, noted Hafida.
“This is still a call for action,” he said. “Possibly 2 will increase in diabetes, with which we are not ready to deal with.”
