UK in ‘rapidly escalating’ diabetes crisis as cases top 5m, report says

Diabetes UK study also expresses concern about growing number of younger people with type 2

The UK is experiencing a “rapidly escalating” diabetes crisis, with cases topping five million for the first time and under-40s increasingly affected, a report has revealed.

About 90% of diabetes patients have type 2, a condition much more likely to develop if people are overweight. About two-thirds of adults in the UK are overweight or obese.