Risk factor for Diabetes

The world health organization has rightly made the theme of this year's #WorldHealthDay "Prevention of Diabetes"
If there is a disease that deserves great emphasis with respect to adult life, it is diabetes. It has rendered millions of lives and marriages miserable. What is interesting is that Diabetes if you can acquire and apply relevant tips necessary for managing it.
First, let us talk about some risk factors for developing diabetes and/or it's complications.
1. Overweight/Obesity: approximately 80% of diabetic people are overweight. Excess body weight is the single most important risk factor for diabetes; particularly those whose fat is distributed round the middle. The risk of diabetes is approximately doubled for those who are overweight and tripled for those with obesity. This is why weight reduction is the mostt important factor in the prevention of diabetes and the elimination of it's systemic dangers.
2. Hypertension: this is the co-agent of death in diabetes. Hypertension worsens diabetic problems by accelerating vascular damage, increasing risk of atherosclerosis (narrowing of the blood vessels) , stroke and heart diseases. As a mater of fact, diabetes and hypertension should not be allowed to dwell in anyone's body witout serious attention.
3. Cigarette smoking: ''man must die of something'', so say the addicts, and cigarette is one off such things. Cigarette smoking predisposes you to hypertension and worsens all the complications of diabetes. This point can not be over-emphasized; an adamant diabetic smoker has signed his death warrant.
4. Genetic inheritance: diabetes runs in families. A person whose parents are diabetic has a high chance of developing the same in adult life. This is why routine medical checks are advised for such affected individuals.