What are the many factors contributing to getting type 2 diabetes?
Posted in Definition on 20. Jul, 2010
Question by Camellia: What are the many factors contributing to getting type 2 diabetes?
Why do you think so many more people are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in recent years than ever before? One of my guesses is all of the preservatives and junk that has been included in people’s diets as more prepared foods have been in the markets, and fast foods.
Everyone had helpful information about diabetes factors. Thanks for the comments. 
Best answer:
Answer by dcno02
Diet does not cause diabetes.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-2-diabetes/DS00585/DSECTION=risk-factors
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002072.htm
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/DM/pubs/riskfortype2/
http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp
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bingo! plus a sedentary lifestyle and stress. also, people dont just eat junk food, junk food doesnt cause diabetes, they eat MORE food and move less. the more you eat, the more your insulin your pancreas is forced to produce, and the more insulin your body produces, the less effective it becomes. like money, the more they mint, the less its worth. stop supersizing your orders, people
people need to eat normal portions, healthful diet and move and exercise more and get more fresh air, and stress less. you need to allow for time to pass b/w meals as well, so the body can digest and subsequently rest. so no eating 10 meals a day no matter how small they are. eating more frequently = bodys production of insulin rises making it ineffective = diabetes. eat 3 meals a day, normal portions, healthful diet, one small snack and get off the internet and back out in the fresh air!
Two major factors:
1) Being overweight
2) Heredity
The reason that there are more people becoming diabetic is that we eat too much! Most Americans are overweight, and the majopr cause of Type[e 2 Diabetes is being overweight.
This is a society issue. For example, One Big Mac sandwich has almost 1/2 the calories a normal person needs per day. That does NOT include the fries, cola, and apple pie! Not only is a Bag Mac full of fat (a heart attack waiting to happen) but it is FAR too many calories for one meal.
[It is NOT the preservative and additive, it is the AMOUNT that is the problem.]
And then people ALSO eat bacon, eggs, and has browns for break fast and a huge dinner!
And we also spend all day setting at office desks, with no exercise.
THAT is why we gain so much weight!
And that is why there are so many Type 2 Diabetics.
The real disturbing news is that Type 2 Diabetes, once a disease for adults, is now showing up in kids as young as 9 or 10 years olds! WHY!?!? Because instead of going outside to play baseball or ride bikes, they stay inside eating snacks and playing video games. CHIULDREN ore getting obese at the age of 9 or 10 — and becoming diabetic.
Heredity plays a smaller role in getting diabetes. You are much more likely to get Type 2 diabetes if someone (mother, father, grandparents) have it.
Still, due to obesity, ANYONE can get diabetes at any time!
What causes diabetes?
Health care providers do not yet know what causes diabetes. The following factors may increase your chance of getting diabetes:
Family history of diabetes
African-American, Hispanic, Native American or Asian-American race or ethnic background
Being overweight
Age (Chances increase with age)
Taking certain medicines
Being pregnant*
*Pregnancy puts extra stress on a woman’s body that causes some women to develop diabetes. Blood sugar levels often return to normal after childbirth. Yet, women who get diabetes during pregnancy have an increased chance of developing diabetes later in life.
Obesity is really a problem. Kids are now coming down with type 2 diabetes.