250,000 adults don’t know they suffer with diabetes

AROUND 250,000 middleaged adults do not know they have type two diabetes, new estimates suggests.

Researchers said all adults aged 40-70 should be screened for the condition with earlier help cutting a person’s risk of complications linked to the disease.

Only high-risk adults are currently offered a blood test to check for the presence of type two diabetes during the NHS Health Check, the academics said.