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About one in four adults (57 million Americans) has prediabetes -- defined as a fasting blood glucose reading of 100 to 125 mg/dL. Approximately 11% of these individuals will develop diabetes within three years, and more than half will have it within a decade.
Pre-diabetes means that the cells in your body are becoming resistant to insulin or your pancreas is  not producing as much insulin as required. Your blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes. A diagnosis of pre-diabetes is a warning sign that diabetes will develop later.
The good news: You can prevent the development of Type 2 diabetes by losing weight, making changes in your diet and exercising.
Type 2 diabetes usually occurs in adults over 35 years old, but can affect anyone, including children. The National Institutes of Health state that 95 percent of all diabetes cases are Type 2.
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Why Do People Get Type 2 Diabetes
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It's a lifestyle disease, triggered by obesity, a lack of exercise, increased age and to some degree, genetic predisposition. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes are:
- Obesity
- Poor diet
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Increased age - 21% of people over 60 have diabetes
- Family history - Diabetes tends to run in families
- Ethnicity - Diabetes is more common in the African-American, Native American, Latino, Pacific Islander and Asian-American populations
- History of metabolic syndrome
- History of gestational diabetes
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