Which Children Are at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes?
Children and adolescents meeting these criteria should be tested with a fasting blood sugar test every 2 years beginning at about age 10:

Being overweight (weighing more than 85% of children of similar age, sex, and height or weighing more than 120% of the ideal weight for height)
Having a close relative with type 2 diabetes
Having high blood pressure, high blood levels of lipids (fats)

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