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Why is type 2 diabetes so high among Aboriginal communities?

April 26, 2017Aboriginal communities high type 2 diabetes

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Why is type 2 diabetes so high among Aboriginal communities?

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People of Aboriginal descent are three to five times more likely than the general population to have or develop diabetes. Two in every three Aboriginal persons with diabetes are women, but no one knows why this is so.