The number people living with diabetes in the UK has topped five million for the first time ever sparking a UK charity to issue a stark warning.
Diabetes UK said that figures have reached a record high with the UK currently in the grips of a "rapidly escalating diabetes crisis".
As many as 90 percent of diabetics in the UK suffer Type 2 which is linked to unhealthy lifestyle choices such as being overweight or inactive, warns Diabetes UK. The charity says that since 2015-16, diagnoses have soared from 3.6 million to 4.3 million.
