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type 2 diabetes
noun
- a mild, sometimes asymptomatic form of diabetes mellitus characterized by diminished tissue sensitivity to insulin and sometimes by impaired beta cell function, exacerbated by obesity and often treatable by diet and exercise.
Example Sentences
Eating too much sugar increases the risk of tooth decay and some long-term health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
It's causing heart attacks, type 2 diabetes and studies now even link it to dementia.
"If you're exposed for several years, your body's reacting like that all the time, it increases your risk of developing things like heart attacks, high blood pressure, stroke and type 2 diabetes," says Prof Clark.
Rates of numerous conditions for which there is a clear association with SARS-CoV-2 infection and even a demonstrated mechanism seem to be on the rise — heart disease and strokes or new onset type 2 diabetes, for example — but we are told that it has nothing to do with ongoing high wastewater rates of the virus.
GLP-1 drugs such as Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro have helped millions of people combat Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease as well as shed weight.
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