…On the Today show, Deen emphasized to Al Roker that age, genes, stress, and other non-dietary factors can all contribute to the development of diabetes—and she has a point, says Keri Gans, a registered dietitian and the author of The Small Change Diet. “A lot of factors go into somebody getting type 2 diabetes,” Gans says. “We can’t just pinpoint one thing such as her cooking or…her weight.”
Family history is indeed a big factor, as Deen noted. People who have a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes have about a 50% chance of developing diabetes themselves by the time they reach their 40s or 50s, says Jacob Warman, M.D., chief of endocrinology at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, in New York City…
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