Genetics play an important role in the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The more common of the two types of diabetes is type 2. Type 2 diabetes is seen in young people generation. It is increasingly common in young children, but the genes responsible for it are barely defined. ("Genetic Factors in Type 2 Diabetes") What we do know is that the disease is the result of a mutation in a gene. . In type 2 diabetes, many genes are thought to be involved in the development of the disease, but we simply don't know which gene is mutated.(1,4) However, the risk of getting the disease depends on your siblings . or the parents who have it. Immediate relatives of people with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of the disease than people who have no diabetic relatives. If the father's mother has diabetes, the grandchild has a fifteen percent risk of having type 2 diabetes, but if both the father and mother of the offspring have diabetes, the risk to the offspring would increase by sixty percent. fifteen percent chance of being reached. with the state. On the other hand, if the offspring had a sibling who was a non-identical twin with diabetes, they would have a ten percent chance of having the condition, but if they had an identical twin, the risk would increase by ninety percent. We know that type 2 diabetes is hereditary, but the way in which it is transmitted is not really clear. Scientists believe that certain environmental factors act as accelerators of diabetes, thus promoting its development. Certain genes, called susceptibility genes, increase the risk of developing diabetes in people who carry these genes. ("Diabetes and Genetics") One way to find this generation...... middle of paper ...... another huge factor that affects diabetes. If a diabetic person is overwhelmed by stress, their body responds with threat, causing stress to spread throughout the body, causing glucose levels to skyrocket. Stress puts you at risk for heart disease, stroke, and mental health problems like depression or anxiety. So if stress levels are low, the risk of these other health problems is low. (“Diabetes and Genetics”) Sleep is also a necessity. to have with type 2 diabetes because sleep deprivation causes behavioral side effects. Lack of sleep is also linked to obesity and the development of other diabetes. (Ershow) In conclusion, our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms linking environmental factors and type 2 diabetes is limited. ("Epigenetics: a molecular link between environmental factors and type diabetes 2")