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  Diabetes Australia
  Health Consumer Organisation

  Diabetes Australia is the national peak body for diabetes in Australia providing a single, powerful, collective voice for people living with diabetes, their families and ... View profile

  While there is no single cause of type 2 diabetes, there are well-established risk factors. Some of these can be changed and some cannot. You are at a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes if you:
  
  ·         have a family history of diabetes
  ·         are older (over 55 years of age ) - the risk increases as we age
  ·         are over 45 years of age and are overweight
  ·         are over 45 years of age and have high blood pressure
  ·         are over 35 years of age and are from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background
  ·         are over 35 years of age and are from Pacific Island, Indian subcontinent or Chinese
  
  cultural background
  
  ·         are a woman who has given birth to a child over 4.5 kgs (9 lbs), or had gestational diabetes when pregnant, or had a condition known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
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