How can a person get type 2 diabetes?

Insulin resistance: A big part of the problem is resistance to insulin's normal actions develops. Insulin resistance is affected by body composition, diet, activity. With sedentary lifestyle, more body fat, higher weight/obesity comes more resistance to Insulin and higher blood sugars. Eating healthy, exercising, losing weight, building muscle can all prevent or delay type 2 diabetes from developing.

See below: Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Millions of americans have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, obesity is the most commn cause. Some groups have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes than others. Type 2 diabetes is more common in african americans, latinos, native americans, and asian americans, native hawaiians and other pacific islanders ect.