Study Across Eight European Countries Highlights Need for Childhood Diabetes Screening

New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Milan has highlighted the importance of screening children for type 1 diabetes.

The research reported on pilot screening programmes in eight European countries, bringing attention to efforts to identify the condition in children.

Its focus was type 1 diabetes, rather than diabetes more broadly. The pilot programmes provided the basis for the report presented at the meeting.

The brief summary did not identify the countries involved or provide details of the screening methods, the number of children tested or the findings of individual programmes.

The central message was the need for childhood screening, although the summary did not set out recommendations on when or how often children should be tested.