What are the risk factors you need to take-care of when you have diabetes?
Diabetes is mainly of two types Type 1 Diabetes & Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to be known as adult-onset diabetes, but today more children are being diagnosed with the disorder, probably due to the rise in childhood obesity. There's no cure for type 2 diabetes, but losing weight, eating well, and exercising can help manage the disease. If diet and exercise aren't enough to control your blood sugar well, you may need diabetes medications or insulin therapy. Factors that may increase your risk of type 2 diabetes include: Weight . Being overweight is the major risk factor for type 2 diabetes. However, you don't have to be overweight to develop type 2 diabetes. Fat distribution . If you store fat mainly in the abdomen, you have a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than if you store fat elsewhere, such as in your hips and thighs. Your risk of type 2 diabetes rises if you're a man with a waist circumference above 40 inches (101.6 centimeters) or a woman