The rising increase of diabetes in the UK

Dr Elizabeth
6 min readMay 21, 2022

Dr Elizabeth Johnston-young Medical Writing

In the UK diabetes currently affects 4.9 million people. Diagnosis of this endocrine condition has doubled in the last 15 years. It is thought that by 2030 there will be as many as one in 10 people with diabetes in the UK. This chronic metabolic disease can cause all sorts of problems and needs to be addressed. Medical…

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