Top 9 Reasons South Asians in Western Countries have a Higher Risk of Diabetes

South Asians living in Western countries have a 4–6X higher risk of developing diabetes than other ethnic groups according to some reports. Source: Harvard C. H. Chan School of Public Health).
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Causes of type 2 diabetes include:
 

1. Inactive lifestyle
2. Being overweight or obese
3. Having excess fat around the waist
4. Smoking
5. Poor sleeping patterns (too few hours or too many hours)
6. Depression
7. Family history of type 2 diabetes
8. Aging and ethnicity
9. Consistent consumption of an unhealthy diet such as:

 

• Ingesting excess amount of refined grains of white bread, white rice, noodles and dumpling
• Preparing foods with unhealthy fats and oils such as ghee, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, palm oil, and animal fat.
• Eating red meat (beef, pork, goat, and mutton) as well as processed meat (ham, bacon, sausage, and deli meats)
• Excessive use of sugar in tea, coffee, juice, processed snack foods, and desserts