Did someone in your circle, a friend or a family member, get diagnosed with diabetes ?  Did you come to know that it runs in your family ? Is anyone closer to you a diabetic on a painful journey ? There are very few, admiringly valid, reasons why one would take the time from all the priorities life has to offer and all the wonderful things internet has to offer, to know more about Diabetes. 

• If your BMI is not on and around Normal range you need to pay more attention to the diet.
• About 7 to 10 servings of various fruits and vegetables will help your metabolism.
• Calorie-conciousness is needed.  All-n-all, for persons with desk jobs burn almost 60 to 75% of calories you eat, by means of various activities. Monitor the diet accordingly. Overeating occasionally is pardoned, but making it a habit puts you in good favours to befriend diabetes.
• Monitor your Fat, Fibre and Salt intake as they have a quick and direct impact to your metabolism. Too salty and too fatty foods are good for the tongue, bad for the tummy and may cause cardiovascular issues.
• On other hand, improper eating habits and prolonged malnutrition may result in Hypoglycaemia, where amount of blood sugar is often less than desired amount. 

• Your health is not only affected by how much body fat you have, but also where is it located. 
• People who tend to gain weight mostly in their hips and buttocks have roughly a pear body shape, while people who tend to gain weight mostly in the abdomen have more of an apple body shape.
• See the diagram above for a better understanding.
• Apple Body Shape, that is, body fat stored around the abdomen (rather than the hips and thighs) is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.
• Another Medical index, Waist to Hips Ratio, has become more popular in recent past:

• Use Waist to Hips Ratio Calculator in sidebar (on your right) to calculate your WHR.

• Diabetes and cardiovascular issues, particularly high blood pressure, are often found occurring together.
• As it was told earlier for diabetes, due to similar food practices and in some cases genetically, high blood pressure is also passed onto blood relatives.  So, parents with a history of High BP increases risk of the same and hence the risk of diabetes, particularly Type 2.

• Gestational Diabetes occurs in about 2 to 10% pregnant females depending upon all the other factors.
• After pregnancy, with proper care and sufficient diet and exercise, the diabetes goes away.  However, at least 5 to 10% females gets Type 2 Diabetes following this.
• This is a situation demanding a more cautious approach, as it may also penalize the fetus with severe conditions such as Congenital Heart Disease, Respitary Distress Syndrome and Macrosomia (High Birth Weight).
• Situation such as these warrant more than mere awareness, and better controlled by consulting a Gynaecologist and if needed an Endocrinologist.   

• As it should make sense, along with majority of diseases and disorders, aged persons are at a greater risk of getting Diabetes. Statistically the risk almost doubles than the previous age group after reaching the age of 45 and 65 years.

• All recognized local and global demographic studies indicate that Male candidates are more susceptible to Diabetes than females.  This difference in risk increases with age.
• Certain ethnicities are statistically at a greater risk of getting insulin related disorders than others. 
• Statistically speaking, only 3 to 4% Chinese of populations in USA and UK are diabetic, along with 2 to 3% of African Natives (Kenya, Egypt etc) being the ethnicities least affected by Diabetes.
• On the other hand 10 to 12% of South Asians (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc), 11% Filipinos, 7 to 8% East Asians (Thai, Koreans etc) and about 8 to 12% of Latino (Mexicans, Cubans, Spanish etc), 10 to 11% of Native Americans  and 10 to 11% of Caribbean Natives and African Americans have diabetes, making them more affected by Diabetes.
• Native European Caucasians have around 7 to 9% of population getting affected by Diabetes.

• Kindly note that ethnicity factor alone cannot be enough to justify the risk of getting diabetes.