How does childhood obesity causes type 2 diabetes?

being obese means you have more fatty tissue, having more fatty tissue causes the body to become insulin resistant and becoming insulin resistant causes the body to put on more weight.. become more resistant and so on and so forth.. at a certain level of resistance, it becomes known as diabetes ... so, keep the fat down and muscle up (more muscle lowers insulin resistance) and it will lower the chances of diabetes... I'm assuming this is the kind of answer you want and not a chemistry lesson? Source(s): I am a Child Care Health Coordinator

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It doesn't ,all Diabetes is caused from a Chromium and vanadium deficiency.
too much fat and sugar in the bloodstream causes the insulin in your body to go too high or too low
In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas makes too little insulin and the cells throughout the body are unable to respond to the insulin that is produced. The result is a build-up of glucose in the blood, which eventually spills over into the urine. High blood glucose levels are responsible for the many health problems associated with diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult onset diabetes. More commonly, it's called type 2.

How common is type 2 diabetes?

Nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes with 90 percent to 95 percent having type 2 diabetes. People with type 2 usually develop the condition after age 45, and the risk for getting it increases with age. However, the number of children with type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly.

In someone with type 2 diabetes, the pancreas usually produces insulin; but for some reason the body resists the action of the insulin and it does not control blood sugar.

Risk factors

Obesity. Most people with type 2 diabetes are obese, weighing at least 20 percent more than what is recommended for their height. Insulin resistance increases when weight is too high.
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