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Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems.

Also called: Diabetes mellitus, DM

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Common misconceptions
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Diabetes in Singapore
On topic Singapore
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Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
Your chances of developing type 2 diabetes depend on a combination of risk factors such as your genes and lifestyle. Although you can’t change risk factors such as family history, age, or ethnicity, you can change lifestyle risk factors around eating,... Show More
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Types of diabetes
The most common types of diabetes are type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.
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About 90% of people with diabetes suffer from Type 2 diabetes. unverified
Of these, 85% are obese or overweight, which leaves about 15% of Type 2 diabetics to be of normal weight. Other factors that put you at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes include your diet, how physically active you are, smoking and your family history. Show More
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As of 2014, 29.1 million people in the United States, or 9.3 percent of the population, have diabetes. unverified
One in four people with diabetes don’t know they have the disease. An estimated 86 million Americans aged 20 years or older have prediabetes.
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Both type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) share common risk factors such as obesity, an unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. unverified
It is therefore not surprising that people with type 2 diabetes have a higher chance of developing high blood pressure. In addition, uncontrolled diabetes causes narrowing of the blood vessels (atherosclerosis) which in turn can lead to high blood pressure. Having... Show More
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The number of adults estimated to be living with diabetes has nearly quadrupled over 35 years. unverified
The number of adults estimated to be living with diabetes has nearly quadrupled over 35 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, warning that it has increased drastically because of "the way people eat, move and live".
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There is currently no cure for diabetes unverified
Although diabetes has no cure, you can take steps to manage your diabetes and stay healthy.
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Questions 1
What can I do to prevent type 2 diabetes?
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Sources

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/what-is-diabetes

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