> The primary risk factor for type 2 diabetes is genetics, but excess weight, obesity and lack of exercise also contribute to this alarming medical trend. How

> The primary risk factor for type 2 diabetes is genetics, but excess weight, obesity and lack of exercise also contribute to this alarming medical trend. How does genetics compare to age as a risk factor? The article touches on age later (even saying that the risk rises exponentially after 65), but doesn't give hard numbers, and I've had a hard time finding any that seem both relevant and credible. The closest I could find was a summary of a CDC report [1] (edit: actually the source for this article; I didn't see the link before) that found 4% prevalence of diabetes in the 14-44 age group, 17% in 45-64, and 25% in 65+. If genetics is an even bigger risk factor than that, it seems like it's a huge factor. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-repor...