Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center will be among four medical centers to begin maintaining a national registry of children with Type 2 diabetes.

        The registry will be funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The work will be shared by the University of Colorado, the University of South Carolina, Children's Hospital, and Kaiser Permanente of Southern California.

        Historically, children have suffered almost exclusively from Type 1 diabetes, in which they appear to be born with defects in their pancreas that prevent the production of insulin. People with Type 1 diabetes depend on regular insulin shots.

        Type 2 diabetes describes a more gradual decline in insulin production or an increase in insulin resistance. It usually occurs in adults, and often has been associated with obesity. People with Type 2 diabetes often can be treated without insulin shots.

        In recent years, rising levels of obesity among children has resulted in more children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Over the next five years, the registry will help researchers better define the types of childhood diabetes and identify racial and ethnic disparities.

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