Claim: Ten years ago no child had type 2 diabetes.
Fact-check: This claim about children with diabetes is completely wrong - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. at least 328 under 18s in england were found to have type 2 diabetes in 2009, though that study was not comprehensive.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-11-27T00:00:00