article_snippet: Girls aged five to nine are developing type-2 diabetes, figures show (file image)
article_snippet: Girls aged five to nine are developing type-2 diabetes, figures show.
article_snippet: The document also warns that there are huge variations in the care offered to children and young people with diabetes – most of whom have type 1.
article_snippet: Just under 27,000 children, teenagers and young adults have diabetes of whom more than 97 per cent have type 1, which is believed to be genetic.
article_snippet: Dr Justin Warner, clinical lead for the audit, said: 'On the one hand the picture is positive; the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes is improving
article_snippet: Yet the challenge we face is also growing, with more children being diagnosed with diabetes and some displaying early signs of potentially serious long term health problems. '
article_snippet: This is a lifelong condition where tight overall diabetes control is important to reduce the risk of complications later in life. '
article_snippet: This requires a close partnership between healthcare professionals delivering care and children and families with diabetes.'
article_snippet: Last year academics revealed that academics were treating children as young as seven with type 2 diabetes.
highlights_snippet: Seven girls in England and Wales aged five to nine developing diabetes .
  