Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors
No one knows exactly what causes type 2 diabetes. But we do know that certain behaviors and conditions, called risk factors, can make people more likely to develop it. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include:
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Having a family member with type 2 diabetes
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Being overweight
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Getting very little exercise
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Being over 40 years old
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Being Hispanic, Native American, African American, or Asian/Pacific Islander
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Having had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy), or a baby weighing over 9 pounds
Online Editor:
Rademaekers, Ed
Online Medical Reviewer:
Godsey, Cynthia M.S., M.S.N., APRN
Online Medical Reviewer:
Lambert, J.G. M.D.
Date Last Reviewed:
7/10/2005
Date Last Modified:
3/3/2005