Kids take 2 million steps for charity 

Awen-Haf and Llion Harding, aged 9 and 7, from Pontypridd decided to double Diabetes UK’s One Million Step Challenge between July and September, raising £315 for Diabetes UK Cymru. The children’s

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Warm-up boosts Type 1 exercise 

A short warm-up ‘priming exercise’ could help people with diabetes exercise for longer.   Sports scientists at Liverpool Hope University have discovered how the ‘VO2 kinetics’ – the time it takes for the

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OBE for Diabetes UK CEO

Diabetes UK’s Chief Executive, Chris Askew, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours list, for services to people with diabetes. On

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Type 1 telemedicine taking off 

A study has given insights into the use and perception of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic among people with Type 1 diabetes.  Researchers from the University of Bern, Switzerland distributed an online questionnaire

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Surge in checking Type 2 risk 

Almost 300,000 people have checked their risk of Type 2 diabetes online less than two months after the NHS fast-tracked access to its Healthier You Diabetes Prevention Programme.  Latest figures

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