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Formerly called adult-onset or non-insulin-dependent diabetes, this is the most common form of diabetes. People can develop type 2 diabetes at any age — even during childhood. In type 2 diabetes, the body either doesn’t make enough insulin or the body can’t properly use the insulin it does make; this condition is called insulin resistance. Being overweight increases your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. Treatment includes using diabetes medications and sometimes insulin, making wise food choices, exercising regularly, and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol.

There is a genetic component to developing type 2 diabetes; however, environmental factors such as diet and exercise can influence whether genes express and diabetes develops. If you have several family members with the disease, you should be checked for the disease regularly by your healthcare provider. Age, inactivity, and having obesity are risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

Exercising, maintaining a healthy weight, and eating a healthy diet such as the Whole Foods Weight Loss Eating Plan can delay or prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Watch out for these signs and symptoms:

 Extreme thirst

 Frequent urination

 Extreme hunger or unusual tiredness

 Unexplained weight loss

 Frequent irritability

 Blurry vision

 Cuts or sores that heal slowly

 Unexplained loss of feeling or tingling in your feet or hands

 Frequent skin, gum, or bladder infections

 Frequent yeast infections

According to the 2020 CDC report 34.2 million Americans of all ages have diabetes. That’s just a little more than 1 in 10 people or 10.5 percent of the U.S. population. Most of them have type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. It’s estimated that nearly one third of these people aren’t even aware they have the disease. One reason is that for a long time, you may not have any warning signs or symptoms. Sometimes the diagnosis may be made only after a serious complication occurs.

If you have one sign or symptom, that doesn’t mean you have diabetes. But you should start to be concerned if you have several symptoms. A checkup with your healthcare provider now can start you on treatment to help prevent or reduce the heart, eye, kidney, nerve, and other serious complications diabetes can cause.