A new study sheds some light on children and diabetes.

It says that white children are the most likely to have Type 1 diabetes, while minority teens are the most likely to have Type 2 diabetes.

Each year in the US, about 15,000 kids are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and about 3,700 are diagnosed with Type 2.

Research shows that kids with Type 1 diabetes were most likely to be white and diagnosed between ten and fourteen years old; Type 2 diabetes was much less common.

Type 2 is associated with overweight and obesity and is most commonly found in American Indian, African-American and Hispanic teens, ages 15 to 19.

“Type 2 used to be called adult onset diabetes and did not used to occur in children. However, we are now seeing Type 2 diabetes at younger and younger ages,” said Dr. Dana Dabelea, of the University of Colorado.

In the nationwide study, researchers studied more than 2,500 children and teens from across the US who were newly diagnosed with diabetes.

Unrelated studies have also shown that children with Type 1 diabetes might benefit from an infusion of their own umbilical cord blood.

Researchers from the University of Florida say the immune regulatory cells found in cord blood appear to be central in helping to boost kids’ immune systems.

In a new study, eleven children who were treated with an infusion of the blood had lower blood glucose levels and did not need as much insulin.

Researchers say they are unsure of how long the benefits might last and that more studies need to be done.