Diabetes
Facts About Diabetes
Diabetes affects the way the body metabolizes, or uses, digested food to make glucose, the main source of fuel for the body.
Diabetes affects the way the body metabolizes, or uses, digested food to make glucose, the main source of fuel for the body.
Answers to Your Diabetes Questions
What causes diabetes? Scientists aren't sure, but heredity, obesity, lack of exercise and other factors play a part.
What causes diabetes? Scientists aren't sure, but heredity, obesity, lack of exercise and other factors play a part.
Type 2 Diabetes
A person with type 2 diabetes either can't make enough insulin or can't properly use it.
A person with type 2 diabetes either can't make enough insulin or can't properly use it.