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Storm Newton

Type 2 diabetes rates ‘rising twice as fast in younger women’

Analysis indicates that type 2 diabetes rates are rising twice as fast in young women than in older women (Alamy/PA) -

Rates of type 2 diabetes are rising twice as fast in younger women than older women, according to new analysis.

The figure could be down to “little or no follow-up care” for those who develop the condition while pregnant, the charity Diabetes UK suggests.

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