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This retrospective population‐based study aimed to determine the incidence of type 2 diabetes from 2012 to 2019 in Western Australian youth aged under 16 years, and to examine temporal trends between 2000 and 2019, using data from the Western Australian Children’s Diabetes Database (WACDD). The data extracted for eligible patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to standard criteria, included diagnosis year, age, sex and self‐reported Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status.

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Rates of type 2 diabetes are higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous Australian children and adolescents.

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A register which stores demographic and clinical data on all patients attending the diabetes clinic at Princess Margaret Hospital

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This study will evaluate the effect of two types of aerobic exercise

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The study involved screening young people to learn more about the development of long-term kidney, eye and cardiovascular complications in adolescents with T1D.

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Researchers led by the team at the Children’s Diabetes Centre at The Kids have taken a key step to a fully automated closed-loop insulin delivery system.

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A community-led, trauma-informed psychosocial intervention to improve health outcomes of children and young people with Type-1 diabetes.

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Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research

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Recent diabetes technology is helping 12-year-old Drina keep on top of her condition and be independent, while significantly easing the disease burden on her family.

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The Centre is currently involved in an international effort to develop revolutionary closed- loop 'artificial pancreas' technology. It is also leading a multi-centre Australian trial of these portable devices at home in young people with diabetes.