[WATCH]: NBC 56 - Diabetes getting worse in young people

There's Type 1 Diabetes that used to be called "Juvenille Diabetes" and there's Type 2 that used to be called "Adult-Onset Diabetes." But Doctors tell KETK, age is not much of a factor anymore...and unfortunately it's harder to control in young people...and medication isn't working as well as it does in adults. Theresa Mullen has been a medical assistant for 22 years. But when she goes home, her work doesn't stop -- she has Type 2 Diabetes. "It means checking my blood sugar many times a day and watching what I eat and making sure I'm exercising every day," Mullen said. Mullen was diagnosed when she was in her 20s... But studies show more children are getting Type 2 diabetes than they used to as obesity rates in children also go up.

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