Around the world, more people are living in large towns and cities, more people are being born and more people are living longer lives. At the same time, people are taking less exercise and eating less healthy types of food in larger quantities than they ever did before. The result is that the total number of people in the world with diabetes is spiralling out of control.

In this section of our website, you can find answers to the following questions about diabetes:

What is diabetes? 
Why should anyone care? 
What are the types of diabetes? 
Who gets diabetes? 
What are the warning signs of diabetes? 
What are the complications of diabetes? 
What is the treatment for diabetes? 
What can be done to prevent diabetes?