Diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes, is a slippery slope. 
 
It all begins when your body is unable to process food properly, which causes blood glucose levels to rise higher than normal.  To combat this sugar surge, your pancreas kicks in to produce extra insulin.  
All is fine until your pancreas is no longer able to keep up with the increased insulin demand and can?t maintain your blood glucose where it?s supposed to be.  Welcome to the world of Type 2 diabetes.
 
A recent study led by Dr. Casey Crump suggests that people who are out-of-shape as teenagers may have a greater propensity for developing Type 2 diabetes as adults.  When his research team tracked the health of more than one million 18-year-olds from the time they enlisted in the Swedish military (between 1969 and 1997) through 2012, they determined that those with low muscular and aerobic fitness as adolescents were three times more likely to develop diabetes in their adult years.  
 
This comes as no surprise to me because I have been talking about the benefits of good eating and regular physical activity.  In my understanding key hormonal and/or neurotransmitter deficiencies might be contributors to their lack of fitness.
 
Common sense tells us that to be physically fit, we need to be motivated.  And the neurotransmitter that ?drives your drive,? so to speak, is dopamine.  
 
Most often associated with pleasure, dopamine is also associated with memory, attention, mood, learning and ? in this case – the desire to take action.  When dopamine levels are high, we?re more likely to embark upon challenging tasks, while low dopamine levels tend to make us less inclined to tackle ambitious projects.  Could our less-than-fit teenagers? tendencies to spend hours on their phones, computers or gaming consoles instead of at the gym, on the basketball court or in the pool be due, in part, to a dopamine deficiency?
 
Hormones may also factor in, particularly since they tend to be especially volatile during the formative adolescent years.  Perceived laziness or a disinclination to exercise might also be attributed to hormonal imbalances.  If a young man?s testosterone level is low, for example, his sex drive might not be the only thing lacking.  He might also experience significantly less energy, which would tamp his desire to work out and build muscle.
 
Last, I support to take a close look at the diet-diabetes connection.  Teens typically consume high amounts of high-carbohydrate foods, which can trigger the spike in blood glucose levels that causes the pancreas to go into insulin overdrive.  Not only that, but sugar is the food source for yeast, and any ensuing yeast infections can be a prime factor for lack of energy and motivation.
 
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/139288/20160308/out-of-shape-teens-at…
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2/?referrer=https://www.go…
http://blog.idonethis.com/the-science-of-motivation-your-brain-on-dopam…