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The New Diabetes Type Most Clinicians Have Never Heard Of: Why Type 5 Changes Everything

Young undernourished patient beside a glucose meter with a pancreas illustration representing malnutrition-related diabetes, also known as Type 5 diabetes.

For decades, diabetes has been grouped into familiar categories such as type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and several secondary forms. However, growing international recognition of Type 5 diabetes, formerly known as malnutrition-related diabetes, is challenging long-held assumptions about diabetes classification. This newly recognized condition appears to follow …

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