: 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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Metformin has shown early promise, particularly in people with type 2 diabetes, potentially lowering the risk of cancer and cognitive decline.
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New Atlas, 18 June 2025
Possible reasons may include: Underlying health conditions: Research suggests that having type 2 diabetes can affect how much semaglutide curbs cravings.
—Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 16 June 2025
More than half had type 2 diabetes and around 75% were obese.
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Young people with obesity run a much higher risk of developing chronic, costly, life-shortening conditions like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular and liver diseases.
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New Atlas, 18 June 2025
Possible reasons may include: Underlying health conditions: Research suggests that having type 2 diabetes can affect how much semaglutide curbs cravings.
—Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 16 June 2025
More than half had type 2 diabetes and around 75% were obese.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
Young people with obesity run a much higher risk of developing chronic, costly, life-shortening conditions like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular and liver diseases.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 June 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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