the National Institutes of Health sought to

Once referred to as adult-onset di-abetes, type 2 diabetes (T2D) hasemerged in youth as a consequence of the worldwide increase in obesity. The development of T2D among young indi-viduals has significant public health con-sequences as these youth are likely to manifest the complications of diabetes, including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular disease, at a time that should be the most active and productive of their lives. In response to the emergence of T2D among youth in the mid-1990s, th