Washington D.C.: Drinking your favourite cup of coffee could lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Experts gathered at a satellite symposium hosted by The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Berlin to discuss the latest research.

During the symposium, Associate Professor Mattias Carlström reviewed the latest scientific research on the association between coffee consumption and type 2 diabetes risk; including his own meta-analysis of the data entitled 'Coffee consumption and reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes' which looked at 30 prospective studies, with a total of 1,185,210 participants.