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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting glucose, a pre-diabetes condition that increases the risk for diabetes. According to a 2006 study, a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.
Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children. Given...
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Expert & Community Posts
Gestational Diabetes: Control It For Your Child's Sake
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...mothers who did not control their blood sugar during pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to be... Read more »
Couple Need to Know That Debt Can....
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...someone close commit suicide, and being divorced during pregnancy may all contribute to pre-term... Read more »
Pregnancy Nutrition and Weight Gain
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertA mother's health and nutrition even before pregnancy, let alone during the 9 months, has a huge... Read more »
Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert...obesity with the total range of hyperglycemia in pregnancy. Metabolic imprinting in women and... Read more »
Diabetes Risk during Pregnancy
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...me into an automatic high-risk situation with my pregnancy. Being over 35 doesn't help either. I... Read more »
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