Diabetes risk for under-fives

TYPE 1 diabetes is increasing in the under-fives in Ireland, says Dr Anna Clarke, health promotion officer with the Diabetes Federation of Ireland.

It’s worrying that a Diabetes UK finding — that nine out of 10 parents don’t know the four main symptoms of Type 1 diabetes — could just as easily apply here.

In the British survey of 1,170 parents, only 9% correctly identified frequent urination, excessive thirst, extreme tiredness and unexplained weight loss as symptoms of the condition.