How Can Children Develop Diabetes?

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How can children develop diabetes?

Answer

Type 1 diabetes in children is not very common. The possible factors or causes may include:

Viral infections, such as the common cold or mumps.
Dietary factors, it is recommended to start feeding infants milk after 8 months to reduce the risk of diabetes.
Genetic factors, the medical community currently believes that neonatal diabetes is related to genetic genes, and parents may have undetected genetic genes that manifest in their children.