Title: Type 2 diabetes - Illnesses & conditions | NHS inform
Headings: Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
About type 2 diabetes
Symptoms of diabetes
Causes of type 2 diabetes
Treating type 2 diabetes
Complications of type 2 diabetes
Preventing type 2 diabetes
Living with type 2 diabetes
Source: NHS Grampian
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Content: White people over the age of 40 have an increased risk of developing the condition. People of south Asian, Chinese, African-Caribbean and black African descent have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes at a much earlier age. However, despite increasing age being a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, over recent years younger people from all ethnic groups have been developing the condition. It's also becoming more common for children – as young as seven in some cases – to develop type 2 diabetes, mainly due to rising obesity levels. Genetics
Genetics is one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Your risk of developing the condition is increased if you have a close relative such as a parent, brother or sister who has the condition. The closer the relative, the greater the risk. A child who has a parent with type 2 diabetes has about a one in three chance of also developing the condition. Being overweight or obese
You're more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you're overweight or obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. Fat around your tummy (abdomen) particularly increases your risk.