Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors Health Article

No one knows exactly what causes type 2 diabetes. But we do know that certain behaviors and conditions, called risk factors, can make people more likely to develop it. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include:

• Having a family member with type 2 diabetes

• Being overweight

• Getting very little exercise

• Being over 40 years old

• Being Hispanic, Native American, African American, or Asian/Pacific Islander

• Having had gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy), or a baby weighing over 9 pounds