1. Definition, diagnosis, and classification of diabetes in youth / Nancy A. Crimmins and Lawrence M. Dolan -- 2. Descriptive epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in youth : incidence, mortality, prevalence, and secular trends / Anders Green -- 3. Genetic epidemiology of type 1 diabetes / George S. Eisenbarth and Teressa A. Aly -- 4. Early-life diet and risk of type 1 diabetes / Melissa D. Simpson and Jill M. Norris -- 5. Environmental determinants : the role of viruses and standard of hygiene / Mikael Knip and Heikki Hyoty -- 6. Tempo and type 1 diabetes : the accelerator hypothesis / Terence J. Wilkin -- 7. Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents / Kristen Nadeau and Dana Dabelea -- 8. Obesity and T2DM in youth / Ram Weiss and Sonia Caprio -- 9. Insulin resistance and insulin secretion in the pathophysiology of youth type 2 diabetes / Fida Bacha and Silva Arslanian --

10. High and low birth weights as risk factors for diabetes / Rachel Pessah, Lois Jovanovic, and David J. Pettitt -- 11. Monogenic forms of diabetes in the young / Martine Vaxillaire and Philippe Froguel -- 12. Natural evolution, prediction, and prevention of type 1 diabetes in youth / Craig E. Taplin and Jennifer M. Barker -- 13. Prevention and screening for type 2 diabetes in youth / Phil Zeitler and Orit Pinhas-Hamiel -- 14. Chronic complications of childhood diabetes / Kim C. Donaghue, Fauzia Mohsin, and Monique L. Stone -- 15. Cardiovascular disease risk factors / R. Paul Wadwa, Elaine M. Urbina, and Stephen R. Daniels -- 16. Epidemiology of acute complications in youth : diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia / Arleta Rewers and Georgeanna J. Klingensmith -- 17. Dietary factors in youth with diabetes / Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis and Franziska K. Bishop -- 18. Health care cost and utilization / Reena Oza-Frank. [et al.] -- 19. Treatment patterns in youth with diabetes / Harvey K. Chiu and Catherine Pihoker -- 20. Psychosocial issues in childhood diabetes / Barbara J. Anderson.