(1/4, Kaiser) reports, "The longer one has an excessive body mass
index, the greater the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but race and
young age also are risk factors," according to a study
published in the January issue of the Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine. "White men age 40 with 200 cumulative excess
BMI-years had an almost threefold higher odds (OR 2.94) of developing
diabetes than men of the
same age and race with 100 excess BMI-years," investigators found.
"However, for those with 200 excess BMI-years, researchers found a
higher risk of developing diabetes among 30-year-olds compared with
those at 35 and 40 years," the study found.
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