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does type 1 or type 2 diabetes cause obesity?
Type 2.
What is a possible cause of type 2 diabetes?
Obesity.
Which disease is almost always associated with obesity?
cardiovascular disease and mainly type 2 diabetes
What causes type 2 diabetes?
Refined (processed) carbohydrates are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, many diet related diseases, and diabetes type 2.There will be a predisposition if you have obesity and/or a family history of diabetes. Many people who develop diabetes type 2 have both of these risk factors. However, it is possible to develop diabetes type 2 having only one of them, and it is possible (though rare) to develop it without having either of them.This is one possible progression:In susceptible individuals, eating refined (processed) carbohydrates can lead toWeigh gain or obesity which leads toInsulin resistance which leads toPre-diabetes which leads toDiabetes type 2.Not all people who develop diabetes type 2 are obese or even overweight. As already stated there may simply be a family history of diabetes type 2 or carbohydrate sensitivity.Causes of all types of diabetes are unknown, thought to be autoimmune disease. But there are still similarities seen between type 2's including obesity that put one at a higher risk, but obesity does not necessarily cause type 2 diabetes.
What is obesity AND diabetes?
Obesity increases one's chances of having type 2 diabetes. Obesity can lead to insulin resistance, a hormone that is necessary for blood sugar management. When the body develops insulin resistance, sugar absorption in the blood is reduced or absent, resulting in elevated blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed by losing merely 5 to 7% of your body weight.
What are the most common causes of type 2 diabetes?
Obesity is by far the most common cause, but genetic vulnerability also plays a part.
The link between physical activity and diabetes?
A lack of physical activty may lead to obesity. Obesity is a high risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes.
The two major problems underlying type 2 diabetes are?
Insulin resistance and obesity
What are the reasons that many Americans are at risk for heart disease and type-2 diabetes?
Obesity
How do you get dieabeates?
Type 1 Diabetes is acquired through genetics, and you can NOT get it from too much sugar intake. Type 2 Diabetes can also be through genetics, or it can be from too much sugar intake/obesity. Type 1 Diabetes is NOT acquired through diet/obesity/sugar. It is completely unavoidable.
Can people with type 2 diabetes drive a truck in Illinois?
Since both diabetes and obesity, the leading cause of diabetes type 2, no offense meant, are considered to be disabilities. It would be illegal according to the ADA, American Disabilities Act,to not hire someone based on those or even on of those factors alone.
What makes you have type 2 diabetes?
The two main causes are obesity and lack of physical activity.
