"The number of youngsters being treated for Type 2 diabetes has almost doubled in five years. ... Some 745 patients were treated in specialist paediatric diabetes clinics last year, a 47 per cent rise on the 507 cases in 2013/14. Of the under-25s who received treatment for the condition, 85 per cent were obese and nearly half also had high blood pressure. Unlike Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 is largely preventable and is linked to obesity and unhealthy lifestyles. It usually affects adults over 40 and until 20 years ago had never been seen in children in the UK. However Britain’s spiraling obesity crisis means growing numbers of young people are at risk and are being treated at specialist clinics that cater for under-25s."