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Millions of men, women and children will find out that they have Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes today.
About 90 to 95 percent of people who have diabetes have type 2 diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes produce insulin, but either do not make enough insulin or their bodies do not use the insulin they make. Most of the people who have this type of diabetes are overweight.
Do you know if you are at risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes?
See if you are at risk forType 2 diabetes
It turns out that many people that develop Type 2 diabetes have many things in common. They are usually overweight, have a sedentary life style and typically know of someone in their immediate family that has diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented with proper diet and exercise plans. If you are at risk of developing the disease, it is very important for you to make drastic lifestyle changes to avoide acquiring Type 2 diabetes.
No, it is not a contagious disease, but it certainly can be hereditary. Of course hereditary can mean 2 different things. There are the diseases that are passed down no matter what you do. And then there are the disease that can be passed down because of a similarity in lifestyle among family members.
If you are at risk for diabetes, you must evaluate your eating habits and definitely add daily exercise for at least 30 minutes. If you have never exercised, then start out very slow, maybe just walk around the block every day to get started.
Type 2 diabetes is not an appealing disease to acquire and if you can prevent it from happening to you, you should take all the necessary steps.
Take the test to see if you are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.
For more information, see http://www.diabeticadvisory.com
Published by Perriann Rodriguez on March 16, 2007 12:29 PM
