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With the most common form of diabetes the body gradually loses its ability to use insulin, a hormone key for turning blood sugar into insulin.

In United States, more than 20 million people now have type 2 diabetes and scientists estimate that about 54 million more are at risk of getting the illness.

Diabetes is expected to affect 350 million people by 2025.

Obesity and lack of exercise are the major risk factors, but some previous studies linked the disease to heredity too.

People with an affected parent or sibling are at 3.5 times greater risk of developing the disease than people from diabetes-free families.

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