How genes contribute to T2

[skb]

Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has shed important new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes.

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[walkerwally1]

It may be that genes are a contributing factor but in my case there is no one in my family that has had diabetes that I know of.  That includes my brother, parents and grand parents but farther than that I have no idea.

[bigskygal]

My mother was dx'd T2 in her early 60's. She was adopted so nothing is known about her blood relatives. As far as I know she is the only one in the family with diabetes. Maybe it is genetics or maybe lifestyle or maybe just the "luck" of the draw...who knows??

What we have learned is it can be controlled!!

[skb]

What we have learned is it can be controlled!!

Spot on. And food is the best way to do it.