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Diabetes Australia was established in 1984, and is the national body for people affected by all types of diabetes and those at risk. We are committed to reducing the impact of diabetes. Our core focus areas are people affected by all types of diabetes, this includes people with type 1 diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes, women with gestational diabetes, people with other forms of diabetes, their families and carers, and people at risk of developing diabetes.

Diabetes Australia is a national federated body comprised of state and territory organisations, supporting people with Diabetes and those professional and research bodies concerned with the treatment and prevention of diabetes. Diabetes Australia's purpose is to assist all people affected by diabetes and those at risk, and to contribute to the search for a cure.

ONE in three people from Generation Y will become part of Generation Diabetes or "Generation D", according to a new national diabetes assessment report. The alarming report, entitled Diabetes: the silent pandemic and its impact on Australia, has prompted some of Australia's leading research and consumer advocacy groups to demand a renewed focus from the Federal Government on the health issue.

A simple yet informative animation about the role of Glucose and how it gets to the cells and how type 2 diabetes is formed and what happens in the cells.