The lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes is now more than one in three in the general U.S. population, and one in six adolescents is now obese, suggesting that prevention should start in childhood.1,2 Many consider diabetes and obesity to be “common-source” epidemics that are rooted in our culture, as evidenced by national trends toward larger portion sizes and more meals built around calorically dense fast food, sugar-sweetened drinks, and sedentary behavior.3,4 Fighting such a powerful wave with purely clinical and adult-based approaches to prevention may seem like pasting a small bandage on a gaping wound. Rather than . . .
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