Diabetes and Obesity Guide

The relationship between obesity and diabetes is of such interdependence that the term 'diabesity' has been coined.

Being overweight or obese increases the chances of developing the common type of diabetes, type 2 diabetes.

In this disease, the body makes enough insulin but the cells in the body have become resistant to the salutary action of insulin. Why does this happen?

Currently 90% of adults with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. People with severe obesity are at greater risk of type 2 diabetes than obese people with a lower BMI.

People with diabetes are at a greater risk of a range of chronic health conditions including cardiovascular disease, blindness, amputation, kidney disease and depression than people without diabetes.

Diabetes is a metabolic condition in which the body does not produce sufficient insulin to regulate blood glucose levels or where the insulin produced is unable to work effectively.

There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.

According to https://www.gov.uk/

Type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 90% of all cases of diabetes. 1,2 It occurs when the body either stops producing enough insulin for its needs or becomes resistant to the effect of insulin produced.

The condition is progressive requiring lifestyle management (diet and exercise) at all stages.

Over time most people with type 2 diabetes will require oral drugs and or insulin.

Type 2 diabetes may remain undetected for many years.2 Obesity is only associated with type 2 diabetes.

It is a well-known fact that if you are overweight or obese, you are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, particularly if you have excess weight around your tummy (abdomen).

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