Type 2 diabetes risk factors include age, family history, an inactive lifestyle, and being overweight. This page on the eMedTV website discusses these and other risk factors, including high blood pressure and ethnicity.
By engaging in diabetes prevention strategies, you can prevent or delay complications related to diabetes. This eMedTV archives offers several diet, exercise, and lifestyle tips that can help decrease your risk of diabetes.
According to recent diabetes statistics, 20.8 million people in the United States have diabetes. This eMedTV selection offers an in-depth look at the statistics on this disease and what they tell us about diabetes.
