A diagnosis of borderline T2 is [presumably] the same as one of insulin resistance?

Being overweight is usually seen as the main risk factor for T2 but in reality which came first, obesity or insulin resistance? Just being curious really.

Thank you all for your replies, you've told me what I suspected. It basically amounts to having an allergy to carbohydrate and explains why thin people develop T2. In fact a diagnosis of borderline diabetes is potentially as serious as one of Type 2 and means one has to be careful about carbs for the rest of life.
It rather blows apart the received wisdom as perpetrated by the NHS though: in particular the so called Eatwell Plate. Who ever would have thought that was a good idea for diabetics!

QUOTE="bulkbiker, post: 2024641, member: 219467"]hyperinsulinaemia is probably the root cause which is why we should try to trigger insulin responses as rarely as possible..[/QUOTE]

Gardengnome said:

Being overweight is usually seen as the main risk factor for T2 but in reality which came first, obesity or insulin resistance? Just being curious really.

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