INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus: It further classifies diabetes mellitus as either type 1 and type 2.4 Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the form of diabetes that results from a combination of resistance to insulin action and an inadequate compensatory insulin secretory response.4 Although type 2 diabetes is generally considered a disease occurring primarily in adults, it is now being diagnosed more frequently among the youth.5 In developing countries, the people in the middle, productive age of their lives are particularly affected by diabetes.