A new study released on Wednesday warned of the growing menace of diabetes among young Australians. The report by Diabetes Australia said one in three of young Aussies will likely acquire the chronic ailment, which has no known cure.

They would add to the 1.5 million diabetic Australians who would grow in number to 3 million type 2 diabetes patients by 2025. To help prevent the doubling of their numbers, the head of Diabetes Australia, Lewis Kaplan, sought a national action plan.

The report estimated that 275 Australians are diagnosed with diabetes daily. As more people are diagnosed with the ailment, the current yearly health bill for diabetes of $6 billion is expected to zoom up.

About 2 million Australians above 25 years old are classified as having pre-diabetes, which is characterised by abnormally high blood glucose levels, but not high enough to be considered diabetes.

"If nothing is done, the likelihood is that the numbers will continue to grow to 3.5 million by 2033.... If we do something about the situation, we might reduce their growth down to only maybe 2 million additional cases by 2033," ABC quoted Mr Kaplan.

Among the measures he proposed to prevent the fast-paced growth of diabetes among Australians are better diagnoses and treatment of people with the chronic ailment to prevent or delay complications such as limb amputations, end-stage kidney disease, heart ailments, stroke and death. He also proposed yearly diabetes checks for all Aussies aged 40 and above.

"Time is of the essence because, unlike other developed nations (and) despite agreeing to these global recommendations, Australia has failed to take comprehensive action and implement change," Mr Kaplan pointed out.