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What is the most common cause of diabetes?
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Type 2: Causes over 90% of the diabetes in the U.S. -- mostly due to obesity and inactivity. See diabetes.Org for more into.
Answered 11/27/2013
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Obesity: When there is family history of diabetes.
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Diet and genetics: Patients have a genetic tedency towards developing diabetes. Environmental factors leading to obesity are the major causes of diabetes.
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