A team of Swedish researchers has revealed that premature babies are more likely at risk of developing type-2 diabetes. For the study, the team from the Stanford University roped in 630,000 Swedish to examine the probability of adults, who were born premature, of developing type-2 diabetes.

Reviewing the medical reports, the team asserted that probability of premature babies to get affected with the dire consequences of diabetes is almost 1%.

Moreover, the team observed that 15 out of 1,000 premature babies were diagnosed with diabetes when they reached their twenties and thirties as compared to 12 out of 1,000 full-term babies.

With the rise in number of premature babies, many experts believe that proper nutritious diet must be given to the mothers during pregnancy so that the incidence rate of premature babies can be controlled.

Though this study has highlighted the propensity of diabetes on the birth of babies before the stipulated time, Dr. Casey Crumb, who led the study from the Stanford University, claimed that obesity and family history remains among the potential causes of getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Nevertheless, diabetes is highly preventable. Dr. Caroline Fall, Professor of international pediatric epidemiology at the UK's University of Southampton, asserted that premature babies are mostly born in economically poor communities.