Type 2 diabetes at a glance

Most people with diabetes - 90 percent to 95 percent - have type 2, once called adult-onset diabetes, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is a chronic condition that affects the way your body metabolizes glucose. Unlike those with type 1, the pancreas secretes insulin, but the body can't use it properly, so it secretes more and more, but can't keep up with the body's demand.

Marcia Frellick

November 2, 2009