The most common form of diabetes in children is type 1 diabetes. The largest percentage of children being afflicted with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. It evolves from the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin. In Type 1 diabetes, the insulin beta cells which produce insulin in the pancreas are destroyed by the body's immune system, resulting in little or no insulin production. When this happens, the sugar level in the bloodstream rises and if untreated, diabetes kills. Type 1 diabetes is referred to as an autoimmune disease and this is a condition where the body's immune system attacks one of the body's own tissues or organs. Children's diabetes is not common and there are marked variations around the world. In the last 30 years, there has been a threefold increase in the number of cases of childhood diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has for the first time been seen in young people. This is more or less caused by the increasing obesity in affluent societies. Obesity doe...