Nicky Kime

Sep 18, 2024 | mdpi.com | Andy Pringle |Nicky Kime

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Dec 16, 2023 | mdpi.com | Nicky Kime |Andy Pringle |Steve Zwolinsky

1. IntroductionIt is estimated that 400,000 people in the UK have type 1 diabetes (T1DM), and this figure is increasing by approximately 4% per year, ranking the UK with one of the highest rates of T1DM in the world [1]. Of this total, 29,000 are children and young people (CYP), representing the highest number of CYP aged 0–14 with T1DM in Europe [2].