THOUGH you might not guess it, Finland is the diabetes capital of the world. And solving the mystery of why type 1 diabetes is so prevalent in this Nordic country could be the key to teasing out the causes of the disease.
Worldwide, the incidence of type 1 diabetes, which generally occurs in childhood, is . People with the disease lose the ability to make insulin, the hormone which controls blood glucose levels.
Since the 1950s rates of type 1 diabetes have been higher in Finland than anywhere else. “Why it’s so high…
