When I was in medical school, I can clearly recall a pediatrician explaining to us that if you diagnose anyone below the age of 35 with diabetes, they almost always had type 1 diabetes, or what was referred to as juvenile diabetes. This was true 98% of the time. In other words, in 1970, around 98 % of people who developed diabetes under the age of 35 had type 1 diabetes. However, this is not true today. In fact, there are studies that are showing that 40-45% of our youth who develop diabetes are developing type 2 diabetes, or what used to be referred to as adult-onset diabetes. In fact, type 2 diabetes has been diagnosed in children as young as six years old. What a change in just one generation. The main reason this is occurring is because of the All-American and All-Western diet along with a significant decrease in the activity of our children.