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Dollmaker Mattel has launched its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes, which features her with a glucose monitor and insulin ...

The popular toy manufacturer on Tuesday unveiled the most recent addition to its ever-growing Barbie Fashionista line: the ...

Mattel has unveiled a groundbreaking addition to the Barbie Fashionistas line: the first-ever Barbie doll with Type 1 diabetes.

Krista Berger, Senior Vice President of Barbie and Global Head of Dolls at Mattel, emphasised the doll’s potential impact.

Launched in 2009, the Barbie Fashionistas line features more than 175 dolls with varying body types, skin tones, hair colors and textures, eye colors, disabilities and senses of style.