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Bridget Wilkins who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of nine, talks about changing attitudes towards diabetes over the past 60 years..

In the fourth instalment of our five-part series on Bridget Wilkins and her father Jim Nicholls, Bridget remembers her experiences of having diab

Ron Pharoah is 74 years old and has Type 2. Ron, a retired IT manager, is a keen golfer.

Roy Izatt, 66, a Scot living in Southborough, Kent, has been Type 2 insulin-dependent since he was 38.

Bridget Wilkins, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of nine, talks about her approach to healthy eating and how it helps her manage her diabetes.

14-year-old Olly has had Type 1 for two years. Olly runs his own flock of sheep In North Wales and helps with his elderly neighbours flock too.

Caroline, 46, from Battle, East Sussex, has Type 2 diabetes. She is a big fan and owner of 1950s cars and all things vintage. She also has a tattoo that says 'diabetic'.

Portraits of Dr Timothy Tree, Senior Lecturer at Kings College School Of Medicine. Photographed in the diabetes research labs, Tim has also had Type 1 diabetes for 32 years and is a pump user.

Lauren, aged 16, lives in East Sussex and has just taken her GCSEs. She has trained all three of her dogs in dog agility classes. She has had Type 1 diabetes for five years.