What Are The Symptoms Of Diabetes In Children? Childhood diabetes cases have been rising in the last few decades. This is partly because, as people in the western world grow heavier, obesity-related type 2 diabetes has been seen in children almost for the first time. However, there has also been an increase in type 1. This may be due to the genetic component and the fact that people with type 1 diabetes are now surviving and having children, which was less likely in the past. in Public bookmarkswith childhooddiabeteshealthobesity-related