Diabetes researcher Michelle Hadjiconstantinou has combined science with art to produce a powerful awareness-raising message for World Diabetes Day.

The University of Leicester PhD student, who is based at the Leicester Diabetes Centre, turned to her artistic side to create a short animation aimed at highlighting the challenges posed by Type 2 diabetes.

The project was completed as part of Michelle’s doctorate into developing web-based interventions to improve the wellbeing of people with Type 2 diabetes and has been released for this year’s World Diabetes Day.

The film, which is based on findings from published research and describes what happens to the body when people get the condition, including the physiological changes. It also looks at how diabetes impacts on wellbeing as well as covering medication, self-management, diet, sedentary behaviour and physical activity.