(CNN) – New data finds the number of young Americans with diabetes or pre-diabetes has jumped significantly.
The percentage of adolescents with those conditions more than doubled from nine percent to 23 percent – to 19 to 99 percent in 2008.
The data on about 3400 people ages 12 to 19 was drawn from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey.
The data was published online in the journal Pediatrics on Monday.
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