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### What you need to know Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in children and young people (aged under 18 years) is a more aggressive disease than in older adults and is associated with higher risk of severe long term and potentially life threatening complications (eg, cardiovascular disease, renal disease) compared with other types of diabetes. The worldwide prevalence and annual incidence of T2DM in children and young people is increasing,1 and the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) of England and Wales from 2019-20 showed a prevalence and incidence of 4.5 and 1.7 per 100 000 people 15 ...

### What you need to know Until this year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) had recommended bariatric surgery as a treatment option for people with a body mass index (BMI, weight (kg)/(height (m)2) of ≥40, or with a BMI of 35-39.9 with a significant obesity-related comorbidity, only if all non-surgical interventions had been tried first and the person was receiving management in a tier 3 service. New NICE guidelines now recommend that these groups of people should be offered a comprehensive assessment for bariatric surgery without the requirement for all non-surgi...

New guidelines recommend deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists for adults