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Sixty seconds on . . . type 5 diabetes

  1. Luke Taylor
  1. Rio de Janeiro

The famous 5?

In April this year the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) agreed to recognise type 5 diabetes, saying that evidence supported a distinct new classification. In a comment published in the Lancet Global Health this week, the IDF urged global health bodies, including the World Health Organization, to follow suit.1

Give us the lowdown in 5

Type 5 is a distinct form of diabetes linked to chronic undernutrition and health disparities. Some 25 million people (around 4% of the 589 million people with diabetes globally) are estimated to be affected, most of whom live in South East …

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