Type 2 diabetes is often seen as a condition of the overweight, it would be a mistake to think that you’re immune just because you’re slim.

And by 2045, one in eight people worldwide will have the condition if global obesity carries on at its present rate, according to new Danish research.

About 2.8 million Britons have been diagnosed with the condition, compared with 700,000 two decades ago. Type 2 diabetes is on the rise. Type 2 diabetes is on the rise
The more weight you put on, the less able the body is to produce insulin — a hormone that controls blood sugar levels,’ explains Dr Dushyant Sharma, a consultant diabetologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. ‘However, around five per cent of people with type 2 diabetes are a healthy weight.’

Type 2 diabetes happens when the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin, or it becomes ineffective at using the insulin that it does produce (known as insulin resistance).




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