Risk Factors for Diabetes

Risk Factors for Diabetes

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Endocrinologist, discusses diabetes risk factors.

Endocrinologist, discusses diabetes risk factors.

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Featuring Dr. Richard Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC

Duration: 22 seconds

The risk factors for diabetes would include your genetics, if your parents had diabetes, your age, if you're above ideal body weight, particularly if you have accumulated weight around your middle.

That weight is what brings your blood pressure, your cholesterol and your diabetes up.

Presenter: Dr. Richard Bebb, Endocrinologist, Victoria, BC

Local Practitioners: Endocrinologist

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