Peak age of diagnosis is mid-teens with quite a sharp bell curve. But, it can develop at any age. It takes a genetic predisposition and a trigger - perhaps a v

Peak age of diagnosis is mid-teens with quite a sharp bell curve. But, it can develop at any age. It takes a genetic predisposition and a trigger - perhaps a virus? - for your immune system to start eating your pancreas' insulin-producing cells. The old labels of "juvenile diabetes" etc. are as unhelpful as the notion it's caused by obesity.