Type 2 diabetes could shorten life expectancy by 14 years if diagnosed at 30

The University of Cambridge released new research revealing how many years a type 2 diabetes diagnosis shortens your life by, depending on when you got diagnosed. If diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 30, for example, the study says a person’s life expectancy falls by as much as 14 years. The international team of researchers found that a diagnosis at 50 could even see a person’s life expectancy drop by six years. Professor Emanuele Di Angelantonio said: “Type 2 diabetes used to be seen as a disease that affected older adults, but we’re increasingly seeing people diagnosed earlier in life. “As we’ve shown, this means they are at risk of a much shorter life expectancy than they would otherwise have.”