Monday, August 16, 2010

Type 2 Diabetic Teens Show Brain Abnormalities

Fat parents have fat kids. Stupid parents have stupid kids who become stupid parents.
Brain structure and cognitive function appear to suffer among obese teens with type 2 diabetes, according to MRI and neuropsychology findings.

The differences, compared with other obese teens, included consistently worse performance in all cognitive domains assessed, reduced white matter volume, enlarged cerebrospinal fluid space, and lower microstructural integrity of the white and grey matter.

These effects match what has been seen with type 2 diabetes in adults, Antonio Convit, MD, of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues reported online in Diabetologia.
Will the circle ever be unbroken?

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