: a common form of diabetes mellitus that develops especially in adults and most often in obese individuals and that is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production
called also non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Cooking oils at extremely high temperatures can create oxidation, a driver of inflammation that may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.
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Loneliness raises your risk of a slew of serious health conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, depression, and dementia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Your body also becomes less efficient at managing glucose, which increases your risk for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
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Over time insulin resistance itself contributes to muscle change, intensifying the metabolic cycle that leads to type 2 diabetes.
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Sarah Garone, Health, 8 Dec. 2025
Loneliness raises your risk of a slew of serious health conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, depression, and dementia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
—Korin Miller, SELF, 5 Dec. 2025
Your body also becomes less efficient at managing glucose, which increases your risk for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Over time insulin resistance itself contributes to muscle change, intensifying the metabolic cycle that leads to type 2 diabetes.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Dec. 2025
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type 2 diabetes
noun
: diabetes mellitus of a common form that develops especially in adults and most often in obese individuals and that is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production
called also adult-onset diabetes, late-onset diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus
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