You are hardly ever too young to catch diabetes. I cannot be too sure, but I even think I heard of it being inherited by a child from a mother once. I don't know how true that is, but I know you have a responsibility to yourself and your family to stay off of the condition.
There are a few factors that contribute to you catching diabetes at any age. The two most well known of them are poor diet and inactivity. Even if you know nothing else, such information ought to be sufficient to get you moving in the right direction.
They call diseases that because that is what they are – dis-ease to your body. Diabetes is no different, except that it does kill you if you don't get treated early enough.
Often people who suffer from diabetes are folks who never used to exercise a lot in their time, and people who make a habit of eating all the wrong foods. You know what to do to make sure you never suffer from diabetes: find out what the meaning of a balanced diet is, and indulge if you please.
A lot of folks have their lives in their hands right now but they are not making a lot of smart decisions about how to live it. It’s living in this manner that causes a lot of people to suffer from diabetes on the long run. I think you ought to know better. Really.