Who Is At Risk Of Developing Diabetes?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 1969 15:59 Written by Betha Mmari Thursday, 15 October 2009 08:26
No one likes to get old, but it happens to us anyway, your life as a 50+ year old will be much more comfortable if you don't have to deal with things that can be prevented (or at least pushed off for a few years). Diabetes is one of these things, if you are in a high risk group then you should do something to reduce your risk.No one likes to get old, but it happens to us anyway, your life as a 50+ year old will be much more comfortable if you don't have to deal with things that can be prevented (or at least pushed off for a few years). Diabetes is one of these things, if you are in a high risk group then you should do something to reduce your risk.
It may be hard to face the fact that you are entering, or in, middle age. Middle age on its own is only a small risk factor for developing diabetes but it is the time of your life when you really need to sit up and take notice of your body and what you are doing to it.
Chances are for the first 25-30 years of your life you never once worried about what you ate and you never struggled with your weight. From age 30-40 people eat the same but do a lot less exercise so that is when weight starts to accumulate usually. If you ignore your weight then you are increasing the chances of you developing diabetes.
Age - type 2 diabetes is much more likely to develop in middle aged or elderly people. Until recently there were virtually no children or adolescents with type 2, which is why type 1 diabetes is often called childhood diabetes. Sadly enough it is possible and even common for people of all ages to develop type 2, even children, especially if they are very overweight.
Do you have high blood pressure already? Well then you are increasing your risk for diabetes. This is another one of the illness that can be improved so much just by reducing your weight. If you are clinically obese then diabetes and hypertension together could very well be reducing your life span.
Sedentary lifestyle - lack of exercise can make people more likely to develop diabetes. Often this goes along with being very overweight.
Losing weight to stop you developing diabetes may sound silly but it is true and the benefits associated with losing weight and generally improving your health are huge. So while your aim may be to reduce your chances of developing diabetes you will also see a increase in your enjoyment of life.
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While most of us can really know for certain if we will encounter diabetes it can be helpful to know most of the Causes of Diabetes that we can control. Diabetes is becoming more common all the time but there are things you can do to reduce your risk of encountering it.
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