There's a new Barbie on the block. 🩷
There's been thousands of different Barbies since they first started being made but this is the first Barbie with type 1 diabetes.
The doll is wearing technology that people with type 1 diabetes use to help manage the effects of the condition - with a continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump.
Diabetes is a condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high.
And the glucose monitor is a special machine that people with the condition use to tell them how much sugar is in their blood.
The insulin pump works alongside the glucose monitor and calculates how much insulin someone needs based on data from the monitor and then delivers that exact amount.
The new doll has a blue polka dot top and skirt - both the colour blue and circle print are symbols used around the world to represent diabetes awareness.
Supermodel Lila Moss, who has type 1 diabetes, was the first person to meet the new doll...
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