Obesity and Diabetes, (Diabesity) risk factors

Introduction: Glucose intolerance, including overt diabetes, was associated with obesity in BMI from ≥25and was 85.7% of cases in recent studies. The reasons are not entirely clear, but studies have shown that there is a significant association between diabetes and obesity for several factors, including lifestyle, genetic factors and others.
Objective: The purpose of the review of these studies is to clarify the relation of diabetes, obesity, risk factors affecting them and the importance of prevention.
Methods:An electronic search of the PubMed database was performed to obtain key literature in the field of obesity and its association with diabetes.
Results: The review clarified that around one third of Saudi patients are diabetics, in addition to that 85% of them were overweight or obese.
Discussion: It has been clarified that there are strong relations of obesity and Diabetes, both are interconnected, Obesity is a major risk factor for Diabetes.
Conclusion: The review concluded that there were strong relations between obesity and diabetes, although there are multiple factors associated with diabetes, but obesity constitutes the major risk factor. The review recommends extensive health education and promotion programs to be initiated to raise awareness on obesity and diabetes relations and possible prevention measures.