Unlike type two diabetes, type one is not linked to age or being overweight.
Furthermore type one diabetes requires more management and can be slightly more dangerous when glucose levels are too low or too high.
For example, those with type one diabetes can experience a condition known as hypoglycaemia.
This occurs when their blood sugar is too low and can happen when someone delays their meals, hasn’t had enough carbohydrate with their last meal, done lots of exercise without having the right amount of carbohydrate, taken too much insulin, or drunk alcohol on an empty stomach.