3 Oct 2025

Juggling a basketball career with a diabetes diagnosis

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 3 October 2025

Six in one hundred New Zealanders have diabetes of those about 10% are type 1, the rest are type 2.

It's a disease that some associate with unhealthy diets or lifestyles, but for many that's far from the truth. Last year, whilst on holiday in Bali professional ball player Dion Collins was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes...he chats to Jesse.

A continuous glucose monitor lets users test their blood sugar with a scanner or phone.

A continuous glucose monitor lets users test their blood sugar with a scanner or phone. Photo: 123RF