Type 2 diabetes—is it what you eat, or how much?
July 11, 2018, Monash University
Type 2 diabetes is a growing concern. Already, two million Australians and almost half a billion people worldwide have diabetes.
At least one in three adults will develop diabetes as they age, costing them both quality of life and longevity. But for the same reasons it's becoming more common, type 2 diabetes can also be prevented.
Diabetes is a disease in which the pancreas fails to make enough of a key hormone, insulin, whose job it is to maintain steady glucose levels in the body. As a result, blood glucose levels become chronically elevated, leading to progressive damage in the heart, kidneys, eyes, blood vessels and nerves.
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