Nearly three decades later, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognised “malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus” as a separate form of diabetes, but discontinued the classification in 1999 due to insufficient evidence.
According to the IDF, a network of over 250 national diabetes associations in more than 160 countries, this uncommon form of diabetes is estimated to affect around 25 million people worldwide—mainly undernourished young men in Asia and Africa.
As Type 5 diabetes has only recently been officially recognised, formal diagnostic criteria and treatment protocols are still under development.
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