Risks for type 2 diabetes
Question : Hello doc, what are the risk factors for type 2 diabetes?
Answer : The risk factor which leads to diabetes is not fully understood why some people develop diabetes and others don't. It's clear that certain factors increase the risk like being overweight is a primary risk factor for diabetes, inactivity, increases if a parent or sibling has diabetes, race like Indian origin ,age especially after age 45, Prediabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar level is higher than normal, if left untreated, prediabetes often progresses to diabetes. So also gestational diabetes which develops when you were pregnant, will increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later increases. If you gave birth to a baby weighing more than 9 pounds, you're also at risk of type 2 diabetes.
