Diabetes Risk Factors

There are many Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
They include:





 

     * Obesity and overweight
    * Lack of exercise
    * Previously identified glucose intolerance
     * Unhealthy diet
    * Increased age
    * High blood pressure and high cholesterol
    * A family history of diabetes
    * A history of gestational diabetes
    * Ethnicity - higher rates of diabetes have been reported in Asians, Hispanics, Indigenous people
          (USA,Canada, Australia) and African Americans.

If you think you are at risk of type 2 diabetes - 
get tested!