Friday, 28 December 2012

Health Tips: Risk factors for type 2 diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes either don’t produce enough insulin, or their bodies don’t process insulin correctly. More than 90 percent of people with diabetes have type 2, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics says.

 

Here’s the academy’s list of risk factors for type 2 diabetes:

 

Today’s Health Tips

 

* Being overweight.

 

* Being age 45 or older.

 

* Sharing lifestyle habits with a person who has type 2

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