This discovery, published in the journal BMC Medicine, should pave the way for a new avenue of diabetes prevention. Researchers at McGill University in Canada have found that women who marry a diabetic man tend to develop type 2 diabetes in turn. “According to our study, women have 26% of risks in addition to developing diabetes compared to those who have married a man who is not sick “underlines Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, who led this study. “This discovery should also encourage doctors to show pedagogy within the couple when treating a diabetic person. Both partners must feel concerned by the new eating habits that must be taken” insists the doctor.
According to the team of Canadian researchers, the bad eating habits or the absence of physical activity which led one of the members of the couple to be diabetic, end up being shared by the spouse, who then takes the risk of developing in turn. type 2 diabetes.
“When a doctor asks a person questions about their health, they usually ask if their parents have diabetes. But now you should also get into the habit of asking: Does your partner have diabetes?” to exercise increased surveillance.
Diabetes: people at risk
Usually it is said that the people most at risk for type 2 diabetes are:
– overweight people whose blood fat level is higher than normal (triglycerides exceeding 2 g / l)
– people who have a family history of diabetes
– women who have had transient diabetes during their pregnancy or who have had a large baby (over 4 kg).
– people who practice little physical exercise, who eat too fatty or too sweet a diet, and / or who smoke.
