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View story 1 0 Diabetic youth may try unhealthy dieting tactics. http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/news-279449-66.html Submitted by matinadi 11 months, 1 day, 6 hours ago Young people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are often overweight and many turn to unhealthy weight loss practices, such as using over-the-counter diet aids without a doctor's advice, fasting and taking laxatives, new research shows. Dr. Jean M. Lawrence, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, and colleagues studied 1742 female and 1615 males, of whom 520 had type 2 diabetes and 2837 had type 1 diabetes. The subjects' average age was 15 years. Tags: diabetic youth, Jean M. Lawrence, kaiser, diabetic comment (0) | Category: Actuality | Add matinadi as a source Comments Votes (my sources) Votes (Everyone) Add your comment Add your comment If you already have an account, sign in: Email address: Password: If you don't, just complete these fields: (or join DIABELINK for free) Your name: Your site: (optional) Your comment: (You have up to 5000 characters left) Can you see the 5 most prominent letters/numbers in this image? (case insensitive) Please enter them here: « go back

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