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A global study by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has found that many patients don’t know they have type 2 diabetes, usually due to lack of early screening. Very few people take adequate treatment, with almost one in two (46 per cent) patients still undiagnosed among the estimated 415 million adults living with diabetes across the globe.