| While there appears to be no way to prevent the | | | | measure your waist: |
| onset of type 1 diabetes, there are many diet and | | | | - more than 37 inches (94 cm) for males |
| lifestyle changes you can implement to ensure that | | | | - more than 31 1/2 inches (80 cm) for females |
| neither you or your family are one of the many | | | | These measurements are good estimates of |
| people who are being diagnosed with type 2 | | | | obesity... at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes more than |
| diabetes. | | | | 80% or people are obese. |
| Type 2 diabetes is the more prevalent form of | | | | Does Obesity or an Expanding Waistline Figure in |
| diabetes nowadays. It is known to be linked with a | | | | Type 2 Diabetes: |
| personal genetic history of type 2 diabetes in your | | | | It is really this basic, when you can avoid obesity, |
| family. Combine this with obesity and lack of physical | | | | you can prevent the development of visceral fat |
| activity and you have what is now termed by many | | | | cells, then you can prevent the development of |
| as "diabesity". | | | | insulin resistance, and then you can prevent type 2 |
| Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: | | | | diabetes developing. Insulin resistance is the |
| More than in any other chronic health condition the | | | | forerunner to type 2. |
| cornerstone of preventing type 2 is to prevent | | | | How Does Insulin Resistance Increase Your Risk of |
| obesity. So how is obesity measured? Being | | | | Type 2 Diabetes? |
| overweight is defined as a measurement between 25 | | | | Insulin resistance is marked by raised levels of insulin |
| and 29.9 on the BMI or body mass index, obesity... | | | | in your bloodstream... insulin is the hormone that |
| greater than 30. You arrive at this figure by dividing | | | | allows glucose to enter your cells. Insulin resistance |
| your weight (pounds) by your height (in inches | | | | occurs when your cells no longer respond to normal |
| squared) and then multiply this figure by 703. In | | | | levels of insulin. Your pancreas then secretes more |
| kilograms you divide your weight by your height | | | | and more insulin and as your insulin becomes less |
| (meters) squared... just like this: | | | | effective, your blood sugar levels start to rise. Insulin |
| BMI example in pounds: | | | | stimulates the creation of more body fat, specifically |
| Weight = 160 pounds, Height 5ft or 60 inches | | | | around your waist... the fat gain here worsens insulin |
| 160 divided by (60inches x 60 inches), equals 160 | | | | resistance which then promotes a further rise in your |
| divided by 360, equals 0.44 multiplied by 703 gives a | | | | blood sugar levels. |
| BMI of just over 31 which means he or she is obese | | | | So the answer to preventing type 2 diabetes is to |
| BMI example in kilograms: | | | | not put weight on around your waistline. This is the |
| Weight = 75 kilograms, Height 1.5meters | | | | first sign of type 2 diabetes, not fatigue, not blurry |
| 75 divided by (1.5 x 1.5 meters), equals 75 divided by | | | | vision, not passing urine more frequently... an |
| 2.25 which gives 33 which means he or she is also | | | | increasing waistline. Stop it in it's tracks and you will |
| obese | | | | not have type 2 diabetes or any of the complications |
| Besides the BMI measurement, you can simply | | | | from high blood sugar levels. |