Prevalence and Importance of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is among the most important and widespread consequence of such conditions as obesity or general poor life quality. It is common, complex and expensive in treatment, has multiple serious complications, and may reduce life expectancy by eight to ten years (Astrup, 2001). Type 2 diabetes mellitus is becoming the most common non-communicable disease in the European Union and the United States. According to the World Health Organization (2016) report on diabetes, 422 million people (aged 18 and older) were living with diabetes in 2014, and the prevalence of the condition continues to increase. Approximately half of the diabetes cases on a global scale are attributed to the Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions. The complexity of diabetes mellitus lies in the fact that the determinants of the condition are wide, especially given the family history component contributing to the increased risks. Studying the problem of type 2 diabetes is important because of the range of adverse health effects for the population. While some impacts of diabetes can be managed, there are still such complications as cardiovascular diseases, kidney disease, issues during pregnancy, eye disease, poor oral health, and multiple others. It should also be mentioned that many interventions presented in the research literature are focused on managing the condition once it occurs, and there is a lack of substantial evidence to support the implementation of prevention programs targeted at high-risk populations. Determinants of the Issue Type 2 diabetes has a range of determinants, ranging from social to hereditary. From the environmental perspective, the condition can develop on the basis of a person’s geographic location and the availability of resources necessary for keeping health under control (Giles-Corti & Donovan, 2002). For instance, in areas where fresh produce is readily available and accessible to communities, the likelihoods of effective health behaviors increase. However, in developed countries that have an abundant selection of fast food chains, different restaurants, and various methods of transportation, the prevalence of diabetes is higher than in developing countries. From the social perspective, such determinants as education, economic stability, access to medical care, community support, and multiple other factors can determine the likelihood of diabetes occurrence (Clark & Utz, 2014). Importantly, type II diabetes also has close connections to the history of family health, which means that people whose relatives were diagnosed with the condition were more likely to get diabetes at some point of their lives. Sakurai et al. (2013) concluded that type 2 diabetes was directly associated with the incidence of diabetes among individuals. Also, the risks of getting diabetes were not connected to other risk factors such as poor lifestyle habits or obesity among both men and women. This shows that there is no one determinant that could explain why diabetes develops in some people and not in others. Rather, it is a combination of different risk factors that can include any aspects ranging from environmental to he