Endocrine Abstracts

Dr David Unwin MbChB FRCGP Our GP practice of 9500 people has suffered an eight-fold increase in the number of patients with T2D since 1986. In addition, those affected now develop this condition decades earlier than was the norm back in 1986. A situation replicated all over the developed world. Nationally there are 122,780 children and young adults under the age of 40 years with type 2 diabetes, 1,560 (around 1.3 per cent) are under the age of 19 years. In 2013 our practice d...

In recent years, Low Carbohydrate Diets (LCD) and Very Low Carbohydrate Diets (VLCD) as management strategies for Type 1 diabetes have been gaining popularity. Whilst now acceptable as an option amongst adults with Type 1 diabetes, the situation in paediatrics is more complicated. While this option is not currently recommended or endorsed by international diabetes experts, paediatric diabetes teams need to be aware of the potential risks of following such restricted diets in t...