We all know that poor diet and lack of exercise can contribute to type 2 diabetes. But could the location where we live be even more important?

Definitely yes, according to a new study!

Where you live can be the root cause of your type 2 diabetes. But you don’t have to move. Actually, just make a small change and you’ll have a slam dunk against the disease.

In 2014, Cities Changing Diabetes was formed as a partnership project to identify and address the root cause of so-called urban diabetes. Its aim was to identify how dense population in major cities may contribute to type 2 diabetes.

The project comprises of five cities working together to create a global call to action against urban diabetes and aims to explore the hypothesis that where a person lives impacts their lifestyle. This, according to the theory, ultimately determines their risk for type 2 diabetes.

Researchers plan to use this data to create an agenda for change by identifying key factors that create vulnerability to type 2 diabetes by looking at what’s working, what’s not working, and where the challenges and priorities for the future lie.

It is believed that connecting the dots between cities will help to create solutions that can be shared throughout the world.

The five cities involved in the project are:
• Tianjin
• Shanghai
• Mexico City
• Houston
• Copenhagen

So far, researchers have found striking similarities showing fast-growing urban areas have higher incidents of type 2 diabetes than more stable, slow-growing areas.

While it was expected that type 2 diabetes would be closely linked to education and income, one of the surprising findings was that many young professionals increased their risk because they were too busy to focus on diet and exercise.

Another hypothesis is the “thrifty gene,” which suggests that populations from areas that commonly experienced famine and food shortages have more efficient fat storage in order to improve survival chances.

While this idea remains under debate, it could explain why certain populations are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes when they migrate from poorer countries to the affluence of Western countries due to the change in lifestyle.

Cultural differences also need to be taken into account since obesity, body image, and excess weight are traits that are often tolerated (even celebrated) in some cultures, and may lessen social pressure to lose weight.

The main thing to take from this study, however, is that once again, lifestyle has been proven to cause type 2
diabetes and therefore it can easily be cured naturally.

This is exactly what my mother and thousands of readers have done following the 3-step type 2 diabetes strategy found here…