Well they are finding now a lot of it is genetic. My Dad has type II so the doc said I really could not help getting it. I wonder sometimes with all the gene research and telling people what they 'may' get if it is not a bit of a downer on people's lives. I am sure it helps however I for one would find it rather limiting to know you are bound to get some disease in life. My prob is that the earlier kidney disease makes me more prone now I have the type II to kidney failure from diabetes. Western diet also makes us more prone to disease, but then so many food stuffs are so full of crap now, it is hard to avoid till it is too late.