Type 2 diabetes increasingly affects the young and slim; here's what we should do about it
- Written by Neale Cohen, General Manager Diabetes Services, BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
It is well recognised that increasing rates of type 2 diabetes are mainly driven by obesity and lifestyle factors. But that’s not the whole story. Genetics and epigenetics – changes in gene expression – also play an important role.
We are starting to see an increase in type 2 diabetes in leaner people at a much younger age than...