The UK has the world's fifth highest rate of type 1 diabetes in children, a health charity has said.
Diabetes UK says 24.5 per 100,000 children under 14 in the UK are diagnosed every year with type 1 diabetes which, unlike type 2, is not linked to lifestyle or obesity. Of the 89 countries included, only Finland, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Norway have higher rates.
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