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What causes diabetes?
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Diabetes Causes: There are different types of diabetes. I suspect you are talking about type 2 diabetes, which is caused by a perfect storm of genetic predisposition, obesity, high carb diet, and little or no exercise.
Answered 5/29/2018
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