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<blockquote data-quote="pavlosn" data-source="post: 716565" data-attributes="member: 22572"><p>Can you provide any backup to your claim that 50% of diabetics are skinny? To be honest I find it hard to believe.</p><p></p><p>There may not be any evidence that being overweight causes diabetes, but there is an undeniable link between the two.</p><p></p><p>As I have already stated nine out of ten newly diagnosed t2 diabetics are overweight or obese.</p><p></p><p>Studies show that amongst people with pre diabetes a moderate amount of weight loss of say 5 to 10 per cent of their body mass will significantly improve the prospects of avoiding diabetes.</p><p></p><p>It is one thing to not want diabetics or obese people stigmatized and another to be ignoring advise that could save lives.</p><p></p><p>In my mind being obese does increase the risk of developing diabetes, amongst other health risks, and people should be strongly advised to do whatever they can to try to avoid it.</p><p></p><p>To try to deny the link between obesity and the increased risk of diabetes is highly counterproductive as that denies people the chance to take rectifying action to keep this disease at bay.</p><p></p><p>This is not to say that people are at fault or to blame if they are obese or do develop diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Pavlos</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pavlosn, post: 716565, member: 22572"] Can you provide any backup to your claim that 50% of diabetics are skinny? To be honest I find it hard to believe. There may not be any evidence that being overweight causes diabetes, but there is an undeniable link between the two. As I have already stated nine out of ten newly diagnosed t2 diabetics are overweight or obese. Studies show that amongst people with pre diabetes a moderate amount of weight loss of say 5 to 10 per cent of their body mass will significantly improve the prospects of avoiding diabetes. It is one thing to not want diabetics or obese people stigmatized and another to be ignoring advise that could save lives. In my mind being obese does increase the risk of developing diabetes, amongst other health risks, and people should be strongly advised to do whatever they can to try to avoid it. To try to deny the link between obesity and the increased risk of diabetes is highly counterproductive as that denies people the chance to take rectifying action to keep this disease at bay. This is not to say that people are at fault or to blame if they are obese or do develop diabetes. Pavlos [/QUOTE]
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