Limit the time you spend watching TV. Many studies have linked your TV watching habit with the increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes.

A study conducted in 2003 and published in the journal Lipids found that men who watched more than 40 hours of TV per week were 3 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men who watched TV less than 1 hour weekly. Another study of women published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the risk of diabetes increases by 14 percent for every 2 hours of television viewing in a day. According to researchers, all this increased risk cannot be explained by the increased snacking and reduced activity linked with sitting in front of the television.