People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing diabetes

Study shows people with normal BMI can achieve remission of type 2 diabetes by losing 10-15% weight

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can no longer fit into the jeans they were wearing when they were 21, according to one of the world's leading experts on the disease.

And if people discovered they could no longer fit into the same-sized trousers then they were carrying too much fat", Prof Roy Taylor, from Newcastle University, said.