@bhgardeners wrote:
So you tell me how my son could have avoided diabetes?. Be born to different parents? Pity there is absolutely no history in either family of either type 1 or 2 diabetes.
I have no idea of the specifics of your son. However, as a general rule for the rest of the population I think it's fair to say 3 of the 4 main causes of type 2 diabetes are avoidable, and the risk of developing it can be reduced:
The rapid rise in the number of adults developing type 2 diabetes is due to:
- increasing levels of obesity
- a lack of exercise
- increase in unhealthy diets
- an ageing population
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Diabetes-type2/Pages/Introduction.aspx
