There's a growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes in our children

Results of a ten-year study involving children with type-2 diabetes in Oklahoma and nationwide have just been announced with significant surprises.

Researchers at the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center were not only the architects of the study, they also enrolled more participants than any other site in the U.S. 

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In this Video Kenneth Copeland, M.D. Harold Hamm Diabetes Center CMRI Paul & Ann Milburn Endowed Chair

While additional study is needed, researchers at the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center say Oklahoma should be especially proud of the role it played in this important research. They said the support of the community, referring pediatricians statewide and Oklahoma's Native American communities proved invaluable.

The research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.