[Editorial] Diabetes support at work: an unmet need

According to the latest edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, 589 million people around the world were living with diabetes in 2024, with 70% being of working age. People with diabetes face many challenges in the workplace and have specific needs; however, these are often overlooked, and available support structures are either inadequate or absent. Aiming to close this critical gap, World Diabetes Day, 2025, continues the theme of diabetes and wellbeing with a specific focus on diabetes in the workplace, and calls on employers and employees to “Know more and do more for diabetes at work”.