What Is Type 5 Diabetes? A New Form of Diabetes Linked to Childhood Malnutrition

Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. Sugar in childhood: a silent threat to future health High consumption of added sugars in childhood represents a critical risk to health in the short and long term. Although sugar damage affects all ages, it is during childhood when eating habits are formed that last. Currently, children in the U.S. consume on average 17 teaspoons of added sugar per day, much mo…

What Is Type 5 Diabetes? A New Form of Diabetes Linked to Childhood Malnutrition

Fact checked by Jennifer KlumpHalfpoint Images / Getty Images Type 5 diabetes is a condition recently recognized by the International Diabetes Foundation.After years of debate, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has finally recognized type 5 diabetes as an official diagnosis.Unlike other forms of the condition, type 5 diabetes is linked to childhood malnutrition and affects millions of teens and young adults, mostly in Asia and Africa.S…