Top in endocrinology: Diabetes rates likely to rise in youth; new semaglutide indication
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New data show that the number of youths with diabetes may increase from 185,000 with type 1 diabetes and 28,000 with type 2 diabetes in 2017 to 191,000 with type 1 diabetes and 48,000 with type 2 diabetes by 2060 if current trends continue.
These increases translate to a 3% increase in type 1 diabetes prevalence and a 69% increase in type 2 diabetes prevalence, according to Thaddäus Tönnies, MD, an epidemiologist at the Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology at the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf, Germany, and colleagues. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.
Another top story was about the FDA’s approval of once-weekly Wegovy (semaglutide, Novo Nordisk) in adolescents with obesity. The treatment was initially approved in June 2021 for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or with overweight plus one weight-related condition.
Read these and more in endocrinology below:
Number of US youths with diabetes likely to increase in upcoming decades
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