Children with type 1 diabetes miss more school days than children without diabetes

Children with type 1 diabetes missed nine more school days, on average, per year than children without the disease, according to new research published in Diabetes Care.

“Children living with diabetes and managing the condition achieve the same grades at age 16 as their peers without diabetes — and are equally as likely to progress to higher education,”Robert French, PhD, senior research fellow in the division of infection and immunity in the Diabetes Research Group at the School of Medicine at Cardiff University, U.K., said in a related press release. “This is quite remarkable, given that they miss more school sessions than those without the condition.”
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