Type 2 diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes?
Key Statistics
~85%
Accounts for ~85% of people with diabetes in Australia
10%
Underlying or associated cause of 10% of all deaths in Australia
Fastest growing
Type 2 diabetes is the fastest growing form of diabetes
Weight risk
Being overweight (with a BMI greater than 25) increases your risk of developing T2D
Gender risk
Men are at slightly increased risk of developing T2D
Genetics
T2D is usually associated with an unhealthy lifestyle, coupled with a genetic predisposition
1,002,854
1,002,854 Australians had type 2 diabetes in 2015
Garvan: a world-class centre for type 2 diabetes research
There's a very high incidence of T2D, with more than 350 million sufferers worldwide. While there have been no new treatments for decades, at Garvan, new work is shedding light on the links between genetics, epigenetics, weight, metabolism and insulin resistance, to point the way to earlier and better prevention and more personalised treatment. Garvan’s type 2 diabetes research is conducted in Garvan’s Diabetes and Metabolism theme, where nearly 100 research scientists and clinicians work together to understand the complexity of metabolic disease.
Our type 2 diabetes research