The high level of obese children has created a pandemic of diabetes in younger children, new research is showing. The normally prevalent in overweight adults Type 2 diabetes is now beginning to be found in children also. The rates have increased by 10 times in the last 5 years.

The condition which is still rare only affects about 100 people each year in the UK, however it used to be only around 10 each year in the under 16's. Previously the total number of children with Type 2 diabetes was about 100. The leader of the research  said he was amazed with the increase and that it showed that obesity crisis in the UK was serious. Experts are warning that if the obesity crisis continues some children will die before their mothers and fathers.

Bad nutrition and high fat diets have led to this increase in obesity and diabetics. The laziness of some of today's children who don't exercise and who watch too much television and don't go out enough is largely to blame. The popularity of junk food is also a problem and some people say that junk food establishments should be legislated against.. The Dept of Health in the UK is lanching anti obesity campaigns and using billboards to spread ahealthy message, but medical experts say that this won't be enough.

It is estimated that nearly 60 thousand under 16's are suffering from obesity related metabolic problems like high blood pressure, increased cholesterol levesl and excess fat in the bloodstream. These conditions are all triggers for Type 2 diabetes which is by far the most serious type of diabetes and usually appears in older people.

The obesity problems is not just increasing in children as figures show that 25% of all UK residents have a BMI of more than 30, which is a 75 percent rise from ten years ago. Experts are saying that the obesity time bomb is exploding especially in the case of children. The BMA is saying that legislation is needed to ban junk food adverts that target children.

A diabetic organisation said that obese people have an eighty times bigger chance of getting Type 2 diabetes compared to those with healthy body mass and urgent action was required to stop the situation getting worse.