As many as 10% of diabetes cases among people aged 50 and over may be undiagnosed, according to the country’s top study on aging.

“Karen’s death seems so utterly inappropriate. It violates our sense of order. In our view of life, death and childhood are poles apart, and 24 years simply does not seem the right time to die — it does not seem to add up.”

Four out of five over-50s are overweight or obese, a study has shown.

Irish men over the age of 50 are just as likely to be as overweight or obese as their American counterparts, a new study has found.

Almost four out of five people aged 50 and older are overweight or obese.