Parents 'failing to spot diabetes'
Fewer than one in ten parents can identify the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes, new figures suggest, meaning many children are not diagnosed until they become ill.
3.7 million people have diabetes in the UK
- About 500 of the 2,000 children who develop Type 1 diabetes in the UK every year have DKA by the time they are diagnosed.
- In the UK, there are 3.7 million people with diabetes, including an estimated 850,000 people have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it.
- As many as 7 million people are at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and if current trends continue, an estimated 4 million people will have diabetes by 2015.
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