The charity has described an increase of children treated in specialist hospital units for type 2 diabetes as “very concerning”, adding that figures could continue to soar amid a spike in childhood obesity and the current cost of living crisis.
According to Diabetes UK, 90 per cent of people living with diabetes in the UK have type 2 diabetes which, unlike type 1, can be prevented through lifestyle interventions including diet, physical activity and sustained weight loss.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s National Paediatric Diabetes Audit finds that 973 children with type 2 diabetes were treated in PDUs in 2020/21 compared with 621 in 2015/16.
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