According to Diabetes UK, 4.3 million Britons are currently living with a diabetes diagnosis. That’s over 6 per cent of people in the UK. So, it’s immediately obvious why awareness and action on this condition is important. Diabetes Awareness Week 2025 is focused particularly on the regular health checks required by those who live with diabetes.

The Two Main Types of Diabetes

As you may know, diabetes falls into two main types:

Type 1 Diabetes: This is where the body produces no insulin at all. With none of this vital hormone, the body can’t process sugars effectively at all.

Type 2 Diabetes: This is where the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or produces insulin which doesn’t work as it should.

The two conditions are somewhat different, but both are serious – potentially life-threatening, in fact. Even without any direct threat of death, diabetes is a life-altering, and frequently life-restricting illness. As we at Lifestyle & Mobility are sadly well aware, diabetes can have a devastating effect on personal mobility and wellbeing. For example, scenarios such as amputation are a real possibility.

Diabetes Week 2025

In the words of Diabetes UK, Diabetes Awareness Week is an opportunity for people living with diabetes to

‘make some noise, raise awareness and shout about the things that matter to people with diabetes, shining a light on what it’s like to live with day in, day out’

As mentioned, this year’s event is focused on the various health checks required by people living with diabetes. In particular, there is to be an emphasis on noting that, whilst these checks can seem like an inconvenience, or even an unnecessary imposition – they are hugely important.

Complications of Diabetes and How they Are Prevented

The fundamental importance of these checks lies in their role when it comes to preventing some of the very severe complications of diabetes from developing. Complications of diabetes include loss of sight, limbs, and serious kidney damage, to name only a few. That’s why the selection of regular health checks which diabetics are advised to have are so important. Serious prospective consequences of a condition demand to be taken seriously. And that is what Diabetes Awareness Week 2025 is all about – taking diabetes with the seriousness it deserves.