Type 2 diabetes is most prevalent in adults over the age of 45. However, it’s now affecting an increasing number of children, adolescents, and young adults.
According to Cdc.gov, about 95% of the 34 million diabetic Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Suffice it to say, type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of diabetes.
Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are types of diabetes that result in a chronic health condition. What happens is that glucose is produced and used by the body excessively and abnormally. Excess glucose is often deposited in fat cells.
This causes the cells to expand to unhealthy sizes and their functions are impaired. However, type 2 diabetes is different from Type 1 diabetes in many ways.
For starters, type 2 affects a large number of people with diabetes while type 1 only affects about 8%.
The main difference between the two types of diabetes is how it attacks the body. People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have an autoimmune condition. This means that the body cannot produce insulin since it attacks the cells in the pancreas.
Whereas people with type 2 diabetes suffer from insulin resistance. This means that their body cannot produce enough insulin.
