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Hi doctor, is diabetes type 2 for fat people or it can be for slim people?
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Anyone can develop: Type 2 diabetes, but obesity is 70-90% of the predisposition, along with ethnicity, family history and advancing age.
Answered 4/1/2023
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Fat: "fat" people. Diabetes type 2 is usually associated with "fat" people.
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