Prediabetes

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Caused primarily by insulin resistance
• 2in which the body's cells respond less effectively to insulin
• 3requiring the pancreas to produce more to maintain normal blood sugar levels until it can no longer keep pace. Risk factors include excess body weight particularly around the abdomen
• 4physical inactivity
• 5family history of diabetes
• 6and a diet high in refined carbohydrates and sugar. Age over 45
• 7polycystic ovary syndrome
• 8and a history of gestational diabetes further increase risk.