The answer is more complex than most people think. Researcher Dr. Gillian Booth and her team are hard at work uncovering some of those answers By Gabrielle Bauer What causes type 2 diabetes: genes, diet, activity level? All three? Dr. Gillian Booth, an endocrinologist and scientist in the Centre for Urban Health Solutions at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, has been exploring another cause: where you live. Her research, which has been funded by Diabetes Canada (formerly Canadian Diabetes Association), has linked “walkability”—how well a neighbourhood supports walking, cycling, and keeping the car in the garage— to lower rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes. “Type 2 diabetes is a complex problem with roots in genetics, the environment and individual behavioural choices,”
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