Obese siblings of diabetic children at risk

Compared with other overweight children, overweight siblings of
children with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a significantly higher
prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance, a risk factor for
diabetes, according to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia.

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