Type 2 Diabetes

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Caused by a combination of insulin resistance
• 2in which the body's cells respond poorly to insulin
• 3and progressive decline in the pancreas's ability to produce sufficient insulin to compensate. Major risk factors include excess body weight particularly around the abdomen
• 4physical inactivity
• 5unhealthy diet high in refined carbohydrates
• 6family history of diabetes
• 7and increasing age. Indians and other South Asian populations have a genetic predisposition to insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes even at lower body weights than seen in other ethnic groups.